Re: binNMU requests for the ocaml transition
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 12:38:49AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:31:14AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 11:13:19PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:01:54AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 06:16:28PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > > > Anyway, the script I'm using for this is smart enough that it won't pick up
> > > > > any false-positives for packages you've already uploaded, because it knows
> > > > > not to try to binNMU packages that are sourcefully out-of-date on an
> > > > > architecture.
>
> > > > > Which is why, all I should need to know is the list of packages that are
> > > > > being renamed. :)
>
> > > > BTW, didn't we decide to add a 'ocaml-abi-<version>' virtual package which
> > > > would be depended on by all ocaml packages, so this one can be used as root of
> > > > the rebuild tree, without waiting for a list of any kind ? Or was it in the
> > > > kernel discussion that i proposed such an idea ?
>
> > > > Steve, do you think that this would be a good idea ?
>
> > > It doesn't seem to have any relevance to the question of binNMUing.
>
> > If all packages that depend on the ocaml abi version have a dependency on
> > ocaml-abi-3.09.[12], you need not ask those questions, and simply grep the
> > archive for all packages still depdending on ocaml-abi-3.09.1, and binNMU
> > them.
>
> So then I'll just be asking next time if there are any packages that need
> binNMUing that don't depend on ocaml-abi-3.09.2... which it seems there
Well, and the response would be none, or they would be RC buggy because of
failing the ocaml policy.
> would be, because not all packages would have been rebuilt yet after adding
> the ocaml-abi-<version> virtual package...
Indeed, but after that we should be ok.
> I think the existing virtual packages are just fine, I only needed someone
> to confirm for me whether the list of virtual packages I knew of was
> comprehensive.
Ok, i was just thinking that it would be more informative and speaking, but
hey.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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