Re: mass-removing packages that missed both jessie and stretch?
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> mass-removing packages that missed both jessie and stretch?
I don't like this at all, but I'm not doing archive rebuilds, so...
> It is becoming increasingly painful to do QA work due to the number of
> packages in unstable that have been completely broken for a long time.
Could you detail what the pain points are for archive rebuilds?
> I've been pondering with ignoring packages not in testing when doing
> archive rebuilds, but that's not really a good solution.
Could you detail why ignoring packages not in testing is not a solution?
> Here is a list, with the popcon insts, and the last upload:
Some of these were removed due to bugs that are only a problem in
certain situations.
Some of these are related to a specific blend/team packages and might
warrant a separate ping to the relevant discussion lists, I expect
that few folks read the team lists in Maintainer fields any more.
Some of these have solutions.
Some of these are for important areas like mobile.
--
bye,
pabs
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