Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de>: > I ask you to find a way that enables uploading packages that make use of > build profiles[1] to the experimental archive as soon as possible. The > need for build profiles is already known for years (#661538), but it was > hard to agree on a syntax which finally happened when dpkg 1.17.2 was > uploaded to sid in December 2013. > > Currently uploading Build-Profile enabled packages fails, because such > packages are rejected by dak. The immediate problem was summarized in > this bug report: ... > Since filing that bug Johannes Schauer and myself talked to various > teams to address this issue ultimately leading to no progress. > > * FTP indicated that they can work with whatever DSA installs. Using a > non-packaged copy of python-apt from jessie was considered too much > maintenance burden. > * DSA indicated that they only want to install software from stable or > stable-backports. > * SRM deemed our patches too invasive. Thread starts at: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2014/04/msg00034.html > * backports indicated that the patches are against the backports > policy.
Helmut, can you provide references to or copies of the communications with ftpmaster, DSA and backports ? > While each team's members were constructive at all times and their > reasons are reasonable, the result is that build profiles do not work > now. > > Given the above, I ask CTTE to find a constructive way allows uploading > Build-Profile enabled packages to experimental (or even sid). Concretely, I think you are asking the committee to overrule one of the following decisions: - ftpmaster's decision against using a non-packaged python-apt - DSA's decision only to use stable or stable-backports - SRM's decision not to accept your patches - backports's decision not to accept your patches Is that right ? Thanks, Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org