Re: Bug#896667: transition: r-base-3.5
On 30/05/18 23:40, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> Control: tags -1 confirmed
>
> On 28/05/18 15:00, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>> On 28/05/18 14:32, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>>>
>>> On 28 May 2018 at 14:08, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>>> | Control: tags -1 - confirmed
>>> |
>>> | On 28/05/18 13:08, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>>> | > Control: tags -1 confirmed
>>> | >
>>> | > On 23/04/18 13:57, Sébastien Villemot wrote:
>>> | >> Package: release.debian.org
>>> | >> Severity: normal
>>> | >> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
>>> | >> Usertags: transition
>>> | >> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-r@lists.debian.org
>>> | >>
>>> | >> Dear Release Team,
>>> | >>
>>> | >> Please schedule a transition for R 3.5, which has just been uploaded to
>>> | >> experimental.
>>> | >>
>>> | >> Due to changes in R internals, all R extension packages must be recompiled,
>>> | >> that is 573 packages (of which 260 are arch:all, and will therefore need
>>> | >> sourceful uploads).
>>> | >>
>>> | >> The transition will be managed jointly by Dirk Eddelbuettel and the Debian R
>>> | >> Packages Team¹ (which ideally should be kept in CC of replies).
>>> | >>
>>> | >> We have not tried to recompile the 500+ packages, but we don’t expect any major
>>> | >> issue. And should some arise, we stand ready to fix them.
>>> | >
>>> | > Go ahead with the transition.
>>> |
>>> | NACK. Let's wait for the curl transition, as this would clash with that one.
>>>
>>> What is your expectation concerning the timeline?
>>>
>>> R 3.5.0 is already over one month old. It would be good to have the
>>> transition going.
>>
>> This can go after the curl transition, which has just started. So whatever that
>> takes, which will depend on whether any packages fail to build and how long it
>> takes to solve them. curl was waiting for longer and is blocking other
>> transitions, so that's why it went first, but after that there should be no
>> blockers for R 3.5.
>
> curl migrated to testing today. Please go ahead with R 3.5.
And it went in:
r-base | 3.5.0-5 | testing | source, all
r-base | 3.5.0-5 | unstable | source, all
Thanks for your work on this.
Emilio
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