* Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>, 2010-02-17, 07:28:
Switching to 2.6 would mean that the packages currently FTBFSing can't be used (with the default interpreter). So, sorry, but yes, I think the FTBFSes are holding up the transition, and for a good reason. Hopefully, I guess a few NMUs should do the trick.Ok, but those ~10 packages are only the tip of the iceberg. They were scheduled weeks ago, and if they're still there, they'll probably last longer. For example, are all the maintainers aware their packages are FTBFS? I took 'gammu' as example, and there is no RC bug filed, so probably Michael didn't even know gammu needs work. How many packages will FTBFS, fail to start or to work, generate weird errors or any other flavor of "won't work with 2.6"? Nobody knows, that's why having the switch sooner than later gives us more time to actually test the packages, let the users verify if they're working as expected, and for developers (wide meaning) to fix any problem. At the time of the switch, yes, the transition will start to grow, given the current "hidden" bugs, but just waiting won't make them go away/be fixed/noticed.
I entirely concur. There's no reason this particular set of packages should stop us from switching to 2.6: many other packages *will* break after such a change.
Anyway, I went through all the remaining build failures and triaged them:
* Failures, which should be fixable by give-backs:
freej mips
jppy amd64 armel i386 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 mips mipsel powerpc
libiptcdata mips
pytables i386
python-biopython alpha i386
python-chaco alpha i386
python-ecore armel mips
python-edbus mips
python-edje alpha
renpy armel mips powerpc
twisted-runner alpha amd64 armel i386 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 mips mipsel powerpc
* Temporary(?) dependency problems:
dballe/kfreebsd*
ifeffit
mapserver/mipsel
necpp/armel
openscap/kfreebsd*
pygpiv
python-jpype
python-kde3
sqlrelay
* Internal compiler errors:
polybori/sparc: #566242
pylucene/mips
syfi/mips
wxwidgets2.8/mips
* Other:
gammu: #567231
gnome-dvb-daemon: #569480
jppy/{alpha,ia64}: #558670
kdebindings: #566897
pivy/mipsel
pyqwt3d/ia64 python-4suite: #569821 sagemath: #560558 xmms2/hppa: #558983Besides, many packages haven't been compiled so far due to dep-waits and the fact the mips{,el} buildds are lagging behind the rest of the world.
-- Jakub Wilk
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