Hello, Am 16/11/15 um 18:00 schrieb Ruben Undheim: >> your package Recommends: arachne-pnr. Can you please tell me where I can >> find this? > icestorm is a build-dependency for arachne-pnr, and the plan was therefore to > upload > arachne-pnr once/if icestorm is accepted into sid. > > It has been ready for upload for quite some time: > git://anonscm.debian.org/debian-science/packages/arachne-pnr.git > > > We discovered (after the upload of icestorm) that there is another package > that > "Provides" icestorm (ice35-services), and Steffen wanted to see whether > icestorm would get accepted at all because of this "naming" conflict, before > uploading arachne-pnr. > > ice35-services has a long list of "Provides", one of them is "icestorm", but I > cannot see it having any executables called "icestorm". > Thorsten is both a long-lasting contributor to Debian Med and since quite some time already an FTP master (decision maker on what goes into the archive), too. I have no exact idea how this thread emerged, but you found the right person to consult, Ruben :)
Admittedly, I had already forgotten about icestorm. If there is a package providing something and we allow a package of that name in that is something completely different, then Debian would turn inconsistent. Somewhere we apparently lost that email to the ftpmasters that informs them about this name conflict, once we had become aware of it. Thinking back, I possibly should have been more explicit and have suggested to ask the ftpmasters to upfront reject the package to allow its resubmission under a unique name. Hm. Right. I think this is what I would do now :) Best, Steffen -- debian-science-maintainers mailing list debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debian-science-maintainers
