Re: [Caml-list] Release 3.09.1
On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 11:38:10AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 11:22:01AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > If you already rebuilt everything externally why then ask for the NMU?
> > The importance here is not the NMU fact, it is the fact that you trigger a
> > auto-binNMU on the buildds. So you don't have to manually upload all of those
> > packages, just give the list of packages as hint to the buildd network. You
> > have then naturally to do sourcefull uploads all those packages which needs
> > bugfixes, but this is a different issue.
> >
> > The idea is that this leaves the drudge work of rebuilding everything that is
> > fine to the buildds, and allow you to concentrate on what really needs done.
>
> So you propose to start with the binNMU and then follow them with the
> sourceful upload? This is fine with me, but the sourceful upload is a
> showstopper for me: all packages involved in the transition which had a
> binNMU but not the corresponding sourceful upload should be RC-bugged.
Why ? I mean, if it worked well, why would you want to reupload it ? Just so
you dump the >= 3.09.0 dep ?
> BTW, with the new .in mechanism I was able to make the transition for
> the whole bunch of my packages in one hour or so.
Indeed, but the problem is mostly with the less 'maintained' ones, which it is
possible to miss or forget.
>
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