Re: Problem with libpaperg in testing

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 05:37:35PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote:

> On 19-Mar-01, 16:36 (CST), Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> wrote: 
> > If you had asked before uploading, it would have helped to upload the new
> > version with a higher than normal urgency.  That would shorten the waiting
> > period before allowing the package into testing.
> 
> I thought of this too, but it doesn't work if the new libpaperg now has
> the (needed) dependency on debconf, because no matter the urgency, it
> won't be moved until the things it's dependent on are moved.
> 
> Now, if Adrian were to upload a libpaperg that worked with the debconf
> that is currently in testing, then the urgency=high helps.

Unless, of course, a newer version of debconf were to be uploaded with (for
whatever reason) a higher urgency, in which case it could help to get both of
them in more quickly.

I guess the solution is to have the version in testing backed out to an earlier
version (this has its own set of problems, since other packages depend on this
one), or removed to wait for another version to enter testing (same problem).

Perhaps packages should be built from source using the current packages in
testing before they are allowed to enter testing themselves?

-- 
 - mdz