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Re: Bug#1115714: impossible to install crate zerovec: depends on missing librust-twox-hash-2+xxhash64-dev



Quoting Alexander Kjäll (2025-09-21 12:23:01)
> >
> > And to spell it out explicitly we would prefer if you changed from
> > A)
> >         Upload $package + its missing dependencies to unstable
> >
> > (Causing unstable containing broken packages for $random, posibly very
> > very long time))
> >
> > to
> >
> > B)
> >         * Upload $package + its missing dependencies to experimental
> >         * Wait for all parts to pass through NEW
> >         * Re-upload everything to unstable
> >
> > cu Andreas
> 
> Sure.
> 
> This sounds to me like it should be a Debian wide policy. If this is a
> problem, why are uploads to unstable that need to go through NEW even
> allowed in the first place?

Debian Policy § 5.8.1 defines experimental as suitable for packages not
"ready to be a part of the other parts of the Debian distribution tree".

Not all uploads via NEW have not-already-in-unstable dependencies, so
NEW != experimental.

 - Jonas

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