Re: Mathgl upload issue

[Tobias Hansen <thansen@debian.org>]

Sure, the package will probably build on experimental. But the 
Build-Depends are supposed to clearly state a set of packages that 
suffice for building, and adding a versioned build dependency is a good 
idea unless the versions in all supported Debian distributions satisfy 
the dependency. Just find the culprit and add a versioned build 
dependency. Where is the problem?

Cheers,
Tobias

On 01/23/2013 01:53 PM, Dimitrios Eftaxiopoulos wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have prepared version 2.1.1-1 of mathgl for upload to experimental. Since it
> will go to the NEW queue, I asked Sebastien Villemote to check it and possibly
> upload it.
>
> Sebastien's view is that in unstable, the build dependencies are
> satisfied but the package fails to compile. This is a bug. The package
> must compile when build dependencies are satisfied. The build dependencies must
> be tightened in order to pull in the needed stuff from experimental. Build
> daemons do not pull in stuff from experimental if the build dependencies can be
> satisfied in unstable, so the package will FTBFS everywhere.
>
> My view is that since the package builds successfully in a clean chroot
> created and updated with pbuilder with the option "--distribution
> experimental", it will (most probably) build successfully after an upload to
> experimental as well. The package appears to be lintian clean apart from
> compilation flag hardening and missing manpages warnings. All issues related to
> its behavior upon upload to unstable will be dealt with by me when the time
> comes for the package to be uploaded to unstable.
>
> I ask other members of the list to try the package, share their views on it
> with me and possibly upload it. Note that only amd64 build is possible
> currently, due to more symbols file editing needed for other arches.
>
> Best regards
> Dimitris