Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
Please remove the s390x *binary* package gdm3 (only that one, not the
rest of src:gdm3) from unstable and experimental. It is uninstallable
on s390x due to gnome-shell not working (it fails build-time tests),
and in any case a desktop environment that requires a GPU is not really
useful or appropriate for a CPU architecture that only exists in a
mainframe form-factor.
I've modified the gdm3 source package in unstable to skip building
gdm3.deb on s390x. Note that the rest of the binaries from src:gdm3,
notably libgdm1, should remain available on s390x to keep gnome-panel
installable without s390x-specific hacks in gnome-panel, so that
task-gnome-desktop:s390x can depend on gnome-session-flashback, so that
uninstallable task packages won't break testing migration.
The corresponding change in experimental is not in the archive yet, but
is queued in gnome-team git for the next upload.
I tried
dak rm --rdep-check --no-action --suite=unstable --architecture=s390x
--partial --binary gdm3
dak rm --rdep-check --no-action --suite=experimental --architecture=s390x
--partial --binary gdm3
which says there are no reverse-dependencies.
Thanks,
smcv
