Bug#205691: HPPA: dependencies broken BOTH in testing and unstable
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 02:05:11AM +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > Package: locales
> > Version: 2.3.1-16
> > Followup-For: Bug #205691
> >
> > Actually, locales cannot be installed AT ALL in testing or unstable,
> > for HPPA. Kudos to whoever allowed the package to slide from unstable
> > to testing, without first ensuring that ALL architectures were in
> > sync. Hello, McFly!!! DOH!
>
> Oddly enough, we aren't idiots: this was deliberate. The release manager
> was perfectly aware that hppa was out of sync. However, a huge amount of
> other stuff was waiting for glibc in testing, and it really wasn't
> practical to wait for hppa any longer. If we get a fixed hppa glibc
> 2.3.2 in time, which is being worked on, it'll go into testing.
I still think that skiping a supported architecture, as well as the ground rule
about syncing everything before allowing a package to slide down to testing, is
a REALLY bad idea, especialy for something so fundamental as glibc.
> In the meantime, you can get an appropriate version of locales from,
> say,
> http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2003/07/01/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/.
Thanks for the tip. :)
--
Martin-Éric Racine
http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/
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