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Re: why/does bigloo/skribe needs hinting into testing ?



On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 01:32:26PM +0100, Yann Dirson wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 09:41:44PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 03:10:24PM +0100, Yann Dirson wrote:

> > > For some reason bigloo and skribe have not yet migrated into testing.
> > > The only reason seems to be their quasi-circular build-dependency
> > > relationship, so maybe they need hinting.  OTOH, shouldn't
> > > katie/whoever see them as a single migratable set anyway ?

> > trying: bigloo
> > skipped: bigloo (14 <- 1257)
> >     got: 4+0: a-4
> >     * alpha: skribe

> > http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/update_output.txt.gz

> I saw that already.

> > This has nothing to do with build-dependencies, it has to do with not being
> > able to update either package alone without leaving skribe uninstallable in
> > testing.  For computational reasons, this is not done automatically by
> > britney.

> Hm, I'm not sure I understand what's going on here.  The version of
> skribe in testing depends on the version of bigloo in testing, and the
> skribe in sid depends on bigloo in sid.  It's sure that migrating only
> one of them will break "skribe in testing", but I see nothing
> preventing them to migrate simultaneously - it's a classical soname
> migration,

For computational reasons, this is not done automatically by britney.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

*All* "classical soname migrations" require manual hinting by the release
team.

> There is a new skribe release already, and a new alpha release of
> bigloo, and I'd *really* like to have the current versions in etch
> before I start messing with the sid packages.

The hint has been added, so if there are no other problems, bigloo and
skribe should both get updated in testing today.

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon@debian.org                                   http://www.debian.org/

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