On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:39:39PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > This looks like a fairly likely reason: > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/gnome-core > For some reason the package was forced to testing even though it was not > available on all architectures. > If that is the reason, then it means that Gnome is currently not > installable on all but 5 architectures. With powerpc probably the only one > very many people will really care about (though that's a steadily > declining number). > It's almost certain that both the relevant package maintainer and the > release team are already aware of this and that it has been a conscious > choice to accept the breakage. Given that the package version clearly indicates it reached testing by way of testing-proposed-updates, I think it's unwise to assume this. Cc:ing debian-release for input on the uninstallability of gnome in testing. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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