On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 11:48:09AM +0100, peter green wrote: > > This was automatically closed by ftpmaster because the package was > > removed from unstable, but this still does not fix the FTBFS problem > > in stable. > > Unfortunately I don't think a proper fix will be forthcoming, upstream > has abandoned the crate in question.
It does not need to be a perfect fix. It is enough that dpkg-buildpackage exits with status 0. If the tests are no longer valid, disabling them should be much better than nothing, because packages in stable must build in stable. > > There are already 74 packages which FTBFS in stable (by my count), > > Do you have a list? Last time I tried this is what I found: https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/ftbfs-in-buster/ Among those packages there is even a GPL violation in gcc-8-cross, as the FTBFS problem happens because the Makefile is buggy (the GPL says packages must be distributed with a working Makefile). > Are the stable release managers open to patches fixing such issues? In my experience, usually yes, because packages in stable must build in stable. Thanks.