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Re: autopkgtest results influencing migration from unstable to testing



On Wednesday 06 June 2018 12:22 PM, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 at 10:28:53 +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote:
>> ruby-state-machines and ruby-state-machines-activemodel should go
>> together and even when autopkgtest for the version is unstable passed,
>> instead of reducing the age, it is considered a regression because
>> autopkgtest for the version in testing failed and age is increased.
> 
> Isn't this a sign that ruby-state-machines has broken API, and should gain
> "Breaks: ruby-state-machines-activemodel (<< 0.5)" or similar before it
> migrates to testing? If so, then the autopkgtest is doing its job: it
> has found a bug.
> 
> If packages in unstable "should go together" then you need to tell
> apt that, otherwise it will assume that arbitrary partial upgrades are
> a valid solution. Testing migration uses the same metadata.

Thanks everyone, I have added breaks now.

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