Control: tags -1 confirmed On 28/05/18 15:00, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > On 28/05/18 14:32, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: >> >> On 28 May 2018 at 14:08, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: >> | Control: tags -1 - confirmed >> | >> | On 28/05/18 13:08, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: >> | > Control: tags -1 confirmed >> | > >> | > On 23/04/18 13:57, Sébastien Villemot wrote: >> | >> Package: release.debian.org >> | >> Severity: normal >> | >> User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org >> | >> Usertags: transition >> | >> X-Debbugs-Cc: debia...@lists.debian.org >> | >> >> | >> Dear Release Team, >> | >> >> | >> Please schedule a transition for R 3.5, which has just been uploaded to >> | >> experimental. >> | >> >> | >> Due to changes in R internals, all R extension packages must be >> recompiled, >> | >> that is 573 packages (of which 260 are arch:all, and will therefore need >> | >> sourceful uploads). >> | >> >> | >> The transition will be managed jointly by Dirk Eddelbuettel and the >> Debian R >> | >> Packages Team¹ (which ideally should be kept in CC of replies). >> | >> >> | >> We have not tried to recompile the 500+ packages, but we don’t expect >> any major >> | >> issue. And should some arise, we stand ready to fix them. >> | > >> | > Go ahead with the transition. >> | >> | NACK. Let's wait for the curl transition, as this would clash with that >> one. >> >> What is your expectation concerning the timeline? >> >> R 3.5.0 is already over one month old. It would be good to have the >> transition going. > > This can go after the curl transition, which has just started. So whatever > that > takes, which will depend on whether any packages fail to build and how long it > takes to solve them. curl was waiting for longer and is blocking other > transitions, so that's why it went first, but after that there should be no > blockers for R 3.5.
curl migrated to testing today. Please go ahead with R 3.5. Emilio