Re: [OctDev] new release?

[Steve L. <vo...@de...>]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 04:47:23PM +0200, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> The problem is that there are circular dependencies between the new hdf5
> packages and lots of others (including octave2.1, octave-forge and
> octave-plplot).  This can be seen at:

>     http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=3Dhdf5

> The only way to fix this dead-lock situation is by manually adding a hint=
 to
> the program that promotes packages from unstable to testing (britney).  T=
he
> hints can be seen at:

>     http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/hints/

> One thing that complicates the situation is that the number of packages
> involved is quite high and new versions are constantly uploaded to unstab=
le.
> Since the 10-days rule must be obeyed, the joint promotion of all packages
> keep being delayed.

> Should we impose a freeze on the involved packages until they get all
> together into testing?

I would appreciate this.  It's unfortunate to see that plplot has
recently reset the clock on testing propagation for these packages; it
looks like octave2.1 is very close to being ready, since it has been
built on m68k and alpha and it's just a question of prodding the buildd
admins into getting those packages uploaded.

Since the clock has been reset, I don't see any reason a new
octave-forge upload should be a problem, if it's done soon; of course,
if there are architecture-specific problems getting octave-forge ready,
this does not hold true.  You might also consider using an upload
priority of "medium" here, to help prevent delays, or else just hold off
for 8 days before uploading.

> [ N.B.: Steve Langasek is one of the ftp-admins who is helping us with th=
is
>   issue.  Josselin Mouette is the maintainer of the Debian hdf5 packages.=
  I
>   am CC:ing this message to them.  ]

Release assistant, not ftp-admin.  Please don't mistake me for someone
with direct authority over the archive. :)

Cheers,
--=20
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer