Re: Is removing smell from packages OK? (Was: Why? "Marked for autoremoval on 24 March due to xdelta3: #965883")
Am Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 12:09:26PM +0100 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard:
>
> Please note that "has no RC bugs" is *NOT* the threshold for NMUs, and
> certainly not if your approach to doing the NMU involved package
> refactoring: When you do an NMU, it is your responsibility to ensure
> that your changes did not introduce new bugs (not only RC bugs, any
> bug!).
>
> One of the reasons it is recommended to do minimal NMUs is exactly that:
> To limit the risk of introducing new bugs.
>
> When you choose to do a complex NMU which involves refactoring packaging
> (because is smelled), then you should expect to continue to keep that
> "on your radar" for some time because subtle bugs may have been
> introduced from such a radical change.
I fully agree here. Luckily we have maintainers dashboard which now
puts a additional package on my desk. So xdelta3 would raise a signal
there which I would act upon hopefully in a timely manner hopefully.
My point was rather that the suggested salvage procedure might not raise
any signal and I'm pretty sure that I would have lost track on this.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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