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Bug#205691: HPPA: dependencies broken BOTH in testing and unstable



On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 03:06:24AM +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> 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.

You are _so_ welcome to fix the problem.  It's impractical to allow
one architecture to hold testing hostage for this long; I'm sure Carlos
and his heroic efforts would appreciate any help.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer



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