Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > I maintain freenet-unstable, a free Java application that builds with > jikes, but unfortunately not with the version in unstable and testing. > I've now got a bug about that and wonder whether it should really be > serious. It's not that this package is not buildable in principle -- > but woody & sid lack the tools to do it. > > There are no problems with autobuilders since the thing is Arch: all.
Yes it really is release critical that everything in debian be buildable. Not only do policy and release quality require it, but it's essential that we be able to rebuild packages if a security issue or something comes up. There's nothing worse than the kind of security advisory that has to recommend users remove a peice of software since we cannot fix it. -- see shy jo
