clone 1111856 -1 reassign -1 release.debian.org retitle -1 autoremoval should be smarter about (versioned) Provides user release.debian.org@packages.debian.org usertags -1 tools thanks Hi, On 10/9/25 06:16, Xiyue Deng wrote:
Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> writes:Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> writes:On 30-08-2025 07:11, Xiyue Deng wrote:Apparently I missed the fact that removing compat-el from testing will also remove all its reverse dependencies, which is already happening[1].emacs-common Provides compat-el (versioned), so I my opinion this removal (thread?) is a bug in the autoremoval tooling. (Versioned) Provides is relatively new in Debian, not all tools deal with it in all corner cases. Either somebody finds a fix for the autoremoval tooling or, if we let the removal happen, I expect all dependent packages to migrate straight back after removal.
So as Paul predicted, the reverse dependencies of compat-el got removed from testing around Oct 6 and then re-entered around Oct 7, and since then no remove notice is showing anymore. Thanks!
So lets document this on the Release Team side as a bug in the tooling, although I'm not expecting it to get fixed soon.
Paul
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