On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 03:06:24AM +0300, Martin-�ric Racine wrote: > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 02:05:11AM +0300, Martin-�ric Racine wrote: > > > Package: locales > > > Version: 2.3.1-16 > > > Followup-For: Bug #205691 > > > > > > Actually, locales cannot be installed AT ALL in testing or unstable, > > > for HPPA. Kudos to whoever allowed the package to slide from unstable > > > to testing, without first ensuring that ALL architectures were in > > > sync. Hello, McFly!!! DOH! > > > > Oddly enough, we aren't idiots: this was deliberate. The release manager > > was perfectly aware that hppa was out of sync. However, a huge amount of > > other stuff was waiting for glibc in testing, and it really wasn't > > practical to wait for hppa any longer. If we get a fixed hppa glibc > > 2.3.2 in time, which is being worked on, it'll go into testing. > > I still think that skiping a supported architecture, as well as the ground > rule > about syncing everything before allowing a package to slide down to testing, > is > a REALLY bad idea, especialy for something so fundamental as glibc.
You are _so_ welcome to fix the problem. It's impractical to allow one architecture to hold testing hostage for this long; I'm sure Carlos and his heroic efforts would appreciate any help. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
