Control: tags -1 moreinfo Hi David, On 21-02-2021 12:53, David Prévot wrote: > I recently added an autopkgtest to a package, and the autopkgtest failed > on all suites. I’m surprised to see that failure considered as a > regression (#983211), so I believe there is a mistake somewhere (maybe > that’s just me not getting what “regression” means, if so that might > deserve being documented). We realize that `regression` doesn't quite cover how we use it in Debian, but this part was taken over from Ubuntu. In Debian, we consider failing tests in testing RC [1]. Hence, allowing a package with a failing test to migrate to testing would immediately make it RC buggy, hence we block it. `regression` doesn't fully cover it, we read it as "there wasn't an RC bug in testing, and now there will be, hence regression" but it's a bit stretched. Do you have a suggestion to use there instead (a word, not a sentence)? Paul [1] https://release.debian.org/bullseye/rc_policy.txt
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