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Re: pidgin-data 2.6.3-1~bpo50+1 brakes pidgin



* Paul Harris <harris.pc@gmail.com> [2009-10-30 12:02:09 CET]:
> 2009/10/30 Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at>
> > * Maciej Sieczka <msieczka@sieczka.org> [2009-10-30 06:44:00 CET]:
> > > Just a moment ago I have upgraded to pidgin-data 2.6.3-1~bpo50+1 which
> > > uninstalled my pidgin2.6.2-1~bpo50+2. I cannot install pidgin 2.6
> > > anymore now:
> >
> >  Out of curiosity, why didn't you stop it to uninstall your pidgin
> > package?
> 
> The same problem hurt me a while ago too.

 And will hurt you (as including other soo) again next time it will get
uploaded.

> Out of curiousity, why doesn't the pidgin maintainer ensure the package is
> built on all platforms before uploading it into the pool?

 Because that's not the maintainer's call as they don't have access to
the buildd network but rather something the archive software would have
to do. And it would mean that pidgin would still be stuck at 2.5.8
for lenny-backports because ia64 wasn't built since. There are several
approches to the issue, all of them have their benefits and issues.

 Currently only possibility is to be careful and not blindly upgrade the
architecture independent packages when the architecture depending
packages aren't available for your architecture yet. This holds true not
only for pidgin but for all packages from backports. It's just that it's
more visible with pidgin because I do build and upload it on powerpc and
not i386/amd64.

 But you can help me to ensure that it's built for i386/amd64 and
uploaded too with sponsoring me with such a system which would be a
win/win situation. :)

 Hope that helps as explenation. :)
Rhonda

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