Hi, Am Montag, den 24.05.2010, 13:39 +0100 schrieb Adam D. Barratt: > > Also, this page only lists i386 Dependency conflicts, so it might miss > > something. > > It lists the first architecture on which a problem is detected (the list > is mostly alphabetical, but with i386 moved to the start). I know that britney does, but http://release.debian.org/migration/testing.pl?package=haskell-platform says “Dependency analysis (including build-depends; i386 only)” and it does not show the hppa problem. Were you refering to britney’s output? > > Now if any of these packages depends directly on directly on parsec3, > > uploading parsec3 (and thus rebuilding all depending packages) will set > > back the transition. > > In general uploading a new version of a package not directly involved in > the transition /shouldn't/ be an issue. > > However, if either of the following conditions is met, it is: > > a) any of the packages involved depend on a version of the package which > is not currently in testing, and therefore need to transition together > with the package > > b) the upload implies updates (either sourceful or via binNMUs) to > packages involved in the transition which in turn lead to a dependency on > a version of the package not currently in testing; sourceful updates would > also imply additional waiting time for the source. > > There's also the potential for either of the above to occur via chains of > packages - e.g. package A which is in the transition depends on a newer > version of B, which is not in the transition; C is updated requiring a > binNMU of B causing it to depend on the newer version of C. > > If memory serves, updates to haskell packages tend to result in binNMUs > being needed to their reverse dependencies? (i.e. "b" above) That is correct, and we need to pay attention to that. Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner Debian Developer nomeata@debian.org | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: 4743206C JID: nomeata@joachim-breitner.de | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata
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