Bug#1060779: src:mesa: fails to migrate to testing for too long: unavailable Build-Depends on mips64el

2024-01-15 Thread Simon McVittie 
On Sun, 14 Jan 2024 at 08:39:52 +0100, Paul Gevers wrote:
> The Release Team considers packages that are out-of-sync between testing and
> unstable for more than 30 days as having a Release Critical bug in testing
> [1]. Your package src:mesa has been trying to migrate for 31 days [2].
> Hence, I am filing this bug. The version in unstable build depends on
> binaries from llvm-toolchain-17, which haven't been built on mips64el yet
> (reported in bug 1056116).

Adding mips64el porting team to Cc for visibility.

Mesa could probably work around this by disabling the LLVM parts on
mips64el (removing mips64 from LLVM_ARCHS in d/rules and from various
lists of LLVM-capable architectures in d/control).

The cost would be that most mips64el users would have to use slow
fallback software rendering, because disabling LLVM support would
disable llvmpipe (which it seems doesn't actually work properly
on mips* in any case) but also the AMD driver (which is what
graphical MIPS users rely on in practice, according to discussion on
https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/71).

That's a high cost for mips64el users, but the alternative seems to be
letting mips64el hold back all of our other architectures, and I don't
think that's really viable.

Thanks,
smcv

Bug#1060779: src:mesa: fails to migrate to testing for too long: unavailable Build-Depends on mips64el

2024-01-13 Thread Paul Gevers 

Source: mesa
Version: 23.2.1-1
Severity: serious
Control: close -1 23.3.3-1
Tags: sid trixie
User: release.debian@packages.debian.org
Usertags: out-of-sync
Control: block -1 by 1056116

Dear maintainer(s),

The Release Team considers packages that are out-of-sync between testing 
and unstable for more than 30 days as having a Release Critical bug in 
testing [1]. Your package src:mesa has been trying to migrate for 31 
days [2]. Hence, I am filing this bug. The version in unstable build 
depends on binaries from llvm-toolchain-17, which haven't been built on 
mips64el yet (reported in bug 1056116).


If a package is out of sync between unstable and testing for a longer 
period, this usually means that bugs in the package in testing cannot be 
fixed via unstable. Additionally, blocked packages can have impact on 
other packages, which makes preparing for the release more difficult. 
Finally, it often exposes issues with the package and/or
its (reverse-)dependencies. We expect maintainers to fix issues that 
hamper the migration of their package in a timely manner.


This bug will trigger auto-removal when appropriate. As with all new 
bugs, there will be at least 30 days before the package is auto-removed.


I have immediately closed this bug with the version in unstable, so if 
that version or a later version migrates, this bug will no longer affect 
testing. I have also tagged this bug to only affect sid and trixie, so 
it doesn't affect (old-)stable.


If you believe your package is unable to migrate to testing due to 
issues beyond your control, don't hesitate to contact the Release Team.


Paul

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/06/msg1.html
[2] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=mesa



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