On 11.04.2012 10:30, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
The current state is that M-A: same packages must have the same versionand identical Changelog files across all architectures. That means binNMU on all architectures or a sourcefull upload.
A source upload isn't "just a rebuild" in Debian. It's an NMU and requires building and testing the package with at least as much care as any other NMU would. It doesn't scale, it's a waste of resources and I'm not convinced that it's something that it's appropriate for the Release Team to be doing on a regular basis.
That certainly isn't the solution but just the state of things. And fixing the tools to ensure M-A: same packages are binNMUed for all architectures makes sense for the time being.
Please go and read <[🔎] 1333794699.24386.91.camel@jacala.jungle.funky-badger.org>, where I've already explained that "fixing the tools" doesn't work.
Regards, Adam