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Re: NMU for rlwrap to etch-proposed-updates (for etch r1)



On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 07:30:36PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> I'd like to do a sourceful (i.e. non-binary-only) NMU of rlwrap for
> etch r1, so that the package gets rebuilt on all architectures.
> Queing binary NMUs is apparently not enough to fix this issue.

Why not?  Were binNMUs of rlwrap requested?  I don't see that there are
currently rlwrap binNMUs scheduled for stable, nor do I find a request for
such in my inbox.

> Would that be acceptable?

>From a release-management perspective I don't see any reason that a
sourceful upload wouldn't be allowed if the only change is a rebuild and a
rebuild is needed, but I don't see any explanation of why a rebuild is
needed in the first place.

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