Re: serious bugs/package removal
Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> wrote:
>On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:32:35AM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
>> If it's not a serious bug, then downgrade it.
>
>Sure that's possible, but does it bring my package back?
Yes. I wouldn't have expected your package to be actively removed from
testing anyway - normally it just blocks new versions of the package
from going in.
>> http://bugs.debian.org has a description of all the severities.
>
>Okay, I checked with the developers reference and found this:
>
>serious
> is a severe violation of Debian policy (that is, it violates a "must"
> or "required" directive), or, in the package maintainer's opinion,
> makes the package unsuitable for release.
>
>The bug I got mentions a missing package in the Build-Depends. I have yet to
>check policy to see if this is a "must" or "required" directive,
Whatever policy says, it's a serious bug due to the problems it causes
for porters; if you declare build dependencies, they must be correct.
--
Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]
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