Re: ilmbase 2.2.0-x upload to sid
On 2015-07-05 Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de> wrote:
>> On 2015-07-05 Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> wrote:
>>> I am planning on uploading ilmbase 2.2.0-x to sid. The only rdepends is
>>> openexr, so it should not impact anyone. This way I'll be able to upload
>>> openexr 2.2.0-1 to experimental since it requires ilmbase >= 2.2.0
>> I do not get the reasoning, you can upload openexr 2.2.0-1 to
>> experimental now. Packages in experimental may (build-)depend on
>> packages in experimental.
> The buildd will not do anything since they will pull the package from sid
> (AFAIK), making the upload pretty much useless.
[...]
Hello,
No, if the Build-dependency requires it, the package from experimental
is pulled.
(See e.g.
<https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00007.html>,
and I would not be surprised if things have improved since then.)
cu Andreas
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