reopen 582807 retitle 582807 RM: belpic -- ROM, NVIU; replaced by beid thanks
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 08:17:25PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:07:12PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Package: ftp.debian.org > > Severity: normal > > > > Please remove the belpic source package and any associated binary > > packages from unstable. Even though beid doesn't actually work properly > > yet, the belpic packages are outdated and are causing a support headache > > for upstream. It's better to release squeeze without them than to > > release with outdated versions of the beid software. > > I'm a little confused here. There seem to have been 2 source > packages: > - beid > - belpic > > And the source package beid was removed, Er, crap. That wasn't the intention. Yes, I know that was what the subject said (more or less), but that was me not thinking straight. > but you also talked > about the belpic source package. I assume that the belpic > source package was renamed to beid, and you really wanted > beid removed. No, I really wanted belpic removed; beid should've stayed in. > But they shared some binary packages, like beidgui, and belpic > is now missing it's binary packages on arches that beid build > for (amd64, s390, powerpc). Indeed. > So those arches tried to build belpic again, but failed, since > such a .changes file already exists. We either need to > convince wanna-build to do a binNMU on those arches, or you > do a new source upload. I need to do a new source upload of beid. Will do so once I get it a bit more into shape. However, if it is possible for ftpmasters to reinstate beid without me doing a sourceful upload, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
