Re: [OctDev] new release?

[Rafael L. <ra...@de...>]

* Steve Langasek <vo...@de...> [2004-06-21 11:33]:

> 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=hdf5
> 
> > 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).  The
> > 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 unstable.
> > 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; [...]

Mea culpa.

> [...] 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.

The use of hold off is perhaps a good idea.  Here is the list of source
packages concerned by the eventual freeze (this message is being Cc:ed to
their maintainers):

    hdf5 (J. Mouette)
    mpb (J. Mouette)
    pytables (F. Alted)
    octave2.1 (D. Eddelbuetel)
    octave-forge (D. Eddelbuetel)
    plplot (R. Laboissiere)
    statdataml (R. Laboissiere)

I think that in seven days from now everything will be stabilized (plplot
already successfully built on all architectures), unless new versions of
octave2.1 and octave-forge are uploaded to unstable.

When establishing the hint, you will probably have to take care of the
following packages:

    octave-gpc (R. Laboissiere)
    octave-sp (D. Eddelbuetel)

which would be made uninstallable by the upgrade of hdf5.    

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

Okay, I will not blame you for ftp-admin problems anymore :-)

-- 
Rafael