Re: confusion
Adam D Barratt <debian-release@adam-barratt.org.uk> writes:
> On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 11:15 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> Adam D Barratt <debian-release@adam-barratt.org.uk> writes:
>>> On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 22:45 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>>>> So, if that's the case, wouldn't the next step be to file a bug with
>>>> ftpmaster requesting the removal of the 64-bit builds of the old
>>>> version of lilypond from testing, after which the new lilypond would
>>>> propagate to testing automatically since it would no longer be
>>>> breaking those architectures?
>>> s/file a bug with ftpmaster/mail debian-release/ :)
>> Oh, I thought ftp-master had to do that. Thank you for the correction!
> ftp-master (at least directly) handle removals from unstable and
> experimental. They may well end up involved in removals from other
> suites (particularly stable) but generally acting on the request of the
> relevant release team or providing tools to allow them to manage things
> themselves.
> As a rule of thumb, if it (solely) affects testing you want to be
> talking to the release team to start with.
Aha.
Although in this particuliar case, I believe the binaries would have to be
removed from unstable as well, or otherwise testing propagation wouldn't
pick up the package because it would be out of date on some platforms.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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