Bug#843227: PTS, UDD: packages removed from testing still listed in testing

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 09:03:28PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> On 05/11/16 at 11:31 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Package: qa.debian.org
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > I came across an odd bug affecting both packages.qa.d.o and UDD:
> > 
> > https://packages.qa.debian.org/b/banshee.html
> > [2016-09-01] banshee REMOVED from testing (Britney)
> > testing 2.6.2-4
> > 
> > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/banshee
> > Correct information that the package is not in testing.
> > 
> > https://udd.debian.org/bugs/?release=sid_not_stretch&notstretch=ign&merged=ign&fnewerval=7&flastmodval=7&rc=1&sortby=source&sorto=asc&format=html#results
> > this is "bug is in unstable and not in testing, package is in testing"
> > #805997 in src:banshee is listed here
> > This is correct information from the BTS (bug is not in testing),
> > but UDD thinks the package is still in testing.
> 
> Hi Adrian,

Hi Lucas,

> That's because the (source) package is still in testing, but only
> because another package (in testing) was built using it:
> 
> udd=> select source,extra_source_only from sources where source='banshee' and release='stretch';
>  source  | extra_source_only 
> ---------+-------------------
>  banshee | t
> (1 row)
> 
> For example:
> 
> Package: gnome-do-plugins
> Version: 0.8.5-4
> [...]
> Built-Using: banshee (= 2.6.2-4)
> 
> It's not clear what to do in that case; I think that being on the safe side is
> considering that the package is still in testing, because we would ship that
> source.

what is the point of this?

gnome-do-plugins currently has a not yet reported FTBFS "cannot fulfill 
the build dependencies in stretch", that will surely be reported as RC 
bug before the release of stretch if banshee does not re-enter stretch.

And there is no guarantee that the banshee sources in stretch could be 
used to build the binary packages required for building gnome-do-plugins 
in stretch, so this is anyway not sufficient to ensure that no copyright 
violation happens.

> In some cases (e.g. undistributable source) it would make to go further
> and really remove it completely from testing.
> 
> Lucas

cu
Adrian

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