Bug#767912: unblock: libghemical/3.0.0-4

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On 2014-11-03 19:39, Michael Banck wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 05:53:06PM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
>>[...]
> 
> Well I see.  The really frustrating part is that I could have easily
> engineered around the mandated 10-day period by not fixing the RC FTBFS
> bug and just get the s390x package removed, waiting till hit hits
> testing before the freeze and then fix s390x after the fact.
> 
> So basically I was not asking for an unblock, but rather reduction of
> the age period from 10 to 5 days for that RC bugfix, but I guess there's
> no procedure for that.  I certainly did not expect it to be accepted in
> testing after the freeze.
> 
> Too bad, I guess we'll just drop ghemical entirely then.
> 
> 
> Michael
> 

I do realise there is some "awkwardness" when we transition from
"unrestricted-free-for-all-uploads" to "freeze".  Certainly you could
have use technical means to bypass our enforcement.  But then, you (or
someone else) could also have fixed the RC bug earlier than "last minute"...

~Niels