Bug#767238: unblock: camitk/3.4.0-1

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On 2014-10-29 21:59, Andreas Tille wrote:
> [...]
>> Hi Andreas,
>>
>> Sorry, but I will have to decline your request for an unblock of
>> camitk/3.4.0-1.  Sadly, the changes between the current version of
>> camitk in testing and camitk/3.4.0-1 are /not/ compatible with our
>> freeze guidelines.
> 
> I might have missunderstood the announcement[1].  Can you give an
> example case when asking for reducing the testing migration time to 5
> days is appropriate?
> 

Certainly.  It was primarily intended for security fixes or (to some
extend) RC bugs, where a forced 10-day migration would/might do more
harm than good.

>>   While I certainly appreciate many of the arguments (especially the
>> focus on more automated testing and it coming from upstream), we did set
>> a deadline for including arbitrary changes and your upload of
>> camitk/3.4.0-1 seems to have missed said deadline.
> 
> I'm aware that we missed the deadline for a 10 day migration.  I
> obviously missed the point of the announcement[1].  Sorry about this
> but some clarification would be great.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>        Andreas.
> 
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/10/msg00001.html 
> 

I hope you found it the example clarifying.

~Niels