Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us
On Thu, 07 Aug 2008, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> writes:
> > [Matthew Johnson]
> >> Or at least didn't block testing migration. I'm happy if porters decide
> >> my package isn't for them, as long as it doesn't stop it being for
> >> anyone else either...
> >
> > I agree. Perhaps a new rule should be introduced, that when a porter
> > flag a package as NFU on a given architecture, he should be required
> > to file a removal request for the binaries on that architecture too,
> > and CC the package maintainer to let the maintainer know about the
> > decision.
> >
> > Silently flagging packages as NFU on a given architecture do not seem
> > like a good idea, and expecting the maintainer to ask for removal
> > without letting the maintainer know that the porter refuses to build a
> > given package can only lead to frustration and friction within the
> > project.
> >
> > I assume such removal requests can be scripted, to make it easy for
> > the porter/buildd maintainer to do.
> >
> > Happy hacking,
>
> Except that sometimes packages are flagges N-F-U because they break
> the buildd chroot during build. For example they pull in a package
> that has a broken maintainer script.
>
> Such N-F-Us would be temporary until the faulty package is fixed and
> should really not cause any removals.
Then, they should be special-cased, and the rest (that are not short-term
NFUs) should be made DD-friendly by doing what Pere suggested.
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