Bug#798280: transition: mono
On 30/11/15 20:35, Jo Shields wrote:
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> On 30/11/15 18:56, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>> On 27/11/15 17:54, Jo Shields wrote:
>>> I think this is close to startable, if a transition slot will be available soon.
>>>
>>> Of the 17 "bad" packages on the release tracker, 2 FTBFS for other reasons (and
>>> are removed from Testing anyway). 3 are in DELAYED and should land this weekend.
>>> 2 are waiting on another DELAYED upload to land this weekend, which should make
>>> them RMable. 1 is in binary NEW, 2 are blocking on a package in NEW. The rest
>>> already have RM bugs against ftp.debian.org.
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>> Can you make those bugs block this?
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> Assuming I didn't fuck it up, done.
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>>> In terms of *actual* work remaining, fsharp needs a new upstream release
>>> uploading (which is only awkward due to the need to +dfsg it), and xsp needs
>>> some upstream work to tag/ship a compatible version (i.e. remove the attempt to
>>> build the old ABI entirely), both of which I can deal with on Monday.
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>> Good.
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> I've uploaded a compatible transition-friendly release of xsp to
> experimental, it seems to be doing okay on buildd.debian.org
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>>> The only slight wrinkle in the transition is the removal of powerpc as an
>>> architecture, requiring some massaging of the archive before transitioning would
>>> be possible.
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>> It'd be good to get that done before the transition starts. Can you ask the ftp
>> team to do that?
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> Can I do that without doing a sourceful upload with powerpc removed from
> the arch list? It was my understanding that the package would end up
> getting rebuilt on that arch
Yes, but the current version would FTBFS anyway, right?
Anyway it's not such a big deal. That can happen once the new version has been
uploaded.
Cheers,
Emilio
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