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Re: binNMUing on some architectures breaks Multi-arch: same



Hi,

Am Mittwoch, den 11.04.2012, 11:01 +0100 schrieb Adam D. Barratt:
> On 11.04.2012 10:30, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > The current state is that M-A: same packages must have the same 
> > version
> > and 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.

while I agree with your other points, I wonder why doing a sourceful
upload without source changes, built in a clean environment such as
pbuilder, should require more testing than scheduling binNMUs, i.e.
none?

Greetings,
Joachim

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