Re: RFS: Planner (orphan package)

[Gergely Nagy <algernon@balabit.hu>]

Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@member.fsf.org> writes:

>> Why are you using python-gobject-dev from stable?, are you trying to
>> make a backport for stable?.
>> 
>> As always the distribution for new (and new versions of) packages
>> should be unstable (or even experimental), but of course I am willing
>> to help if you are trying to make a backport.
>
> Wait a minute, that's not the point. 
> Yes, I tried to build outside of pbuilder first, and since all build 
> dependencies was satisifed yet build failed, you certainly have a problem with 
> build-depends, perhaps with min. version of some package or even missing 
> dependency.
>
> Please take it seriously because this is an evidence of a potential problem.

I agree. A build-dependency that's too weak is just as serious an issue
as a missing build-dependency. Neither is particularly hard to fix, so
might aswell do it for safety reasons. ;)

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