Source: patool Version: 1.12-5 Severity: serious Control: close -1 2.0.0-1 Tags: sid trixie User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: out-of-sync
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:patool has been trying to migrate for 33 days [2]. Hence, I am filing this bug. If I read the history correctly, the version in unstable added a test to the list of autopkgtest which Depends on rar. rar is only available on amd64 and i386, hence the test fails on other architectures to install its dependencies. Non-installability of test dependencies can't really be handled correctly automatically (is the non-installability OK, or actually showing a problem), so you'll have to deal with it. I recommend to add an "Architecture" line to the second test stanza containing amd64 and i386. There is also the option to use the skip-not-installable restriction, but I don't recommend using that (I regret I added that to autopkgtest because too often it hides real problems).
On top of that, the upload included the binary, which means that the migration is blocked as we don't allow uploader built binaries in testing, but we can't meaningful binNMU arch:all binaries yet. Normally I would NMU with no-change version, but given the autopkgtest failure, I leave it to you.
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/msg00001.html [2] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=patool
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