Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2014-09-05 14:13:42) > Quoting Adam D. Barratt (2014-09-05 13:22:06) > > Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org > > > > On 2014-09-05 11:52, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > >> Seems from <https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=ghostscript> > >> and > >> <https://release.debian.org/migration/testing.pl?package=ghostscript> > >> that binary package ghostscript-cups needs to explicitly be removed > >> from testing to allow new release (which has that package dropped) is > >> allowed to migrate to testing. > > > > No, it needs to be removed _from unstable_. Binary packages are not > > individually removed from testing other than as part of an automatic > > migration. (and in any case removal from testing wouldn't help, as the > > outdated packages would still be _in unstable_.) > > > >> ...and reportbug tells me you are the ones to task to about that. > > > > If your choice of suite were correct, sure. :-) As it's not, it's not. > > > > I'm re-assigning this to ftp.d.o rather than closing it, but to save > > people checking, the reason that the package isn't getting > > semi-autoremoved by the FTP team is: > > > > dak rm -m "[auto-cruft] NBS (no longer built by ghostscript)" -s > > unstable -a > > amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,ppc64el,s390x,sparc > > > > -p -R -b ghostscript-cups > > - broken Depends: > > splix: printer-driver-splix > > Thanks for the explanation. I will file a severe bugreport against > printer-driver-splix.
No wait - I won't: I believe nothing's wrong with that dependency. the package ghostscript-cups should be dropped, but a non-versioned dependency against it is fine as that is satisfied by cups-filters now providing that package. So tell me again: Which package needs removal in unstable for ghostscript to be allowed into testing?!? - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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