Hi Karsten
On 2026-10-22 17:27:47 +0000, Schöke, Karsten wrote:
>
> Hello Release Team,
>
> Could you help me understand the "Missing build on all" message for the
> `python-cogent` package?
>
> The new version, 2026.10.15-1, defines only a single binary package,
> `python3-cogent3`, with the architecture set to `any`. The uploaded `.dsc`
> file confirms this:
>
> Binary: python3-cogent3
> Architecture: any
> Package-List:
> python3-cogent3 deb python optional arch=any
>
> The former binary package, `python-cogent-doc`, has been removed from the
> source package because it can no longer be built following the migration to
> *quarto*-a tool not available in Debian.
> The Debian Med team recommended excluding it for the time being; however, the
> migration hints ("excuses") continue to report:
>
> Missing build on all
>
> Autopkgtest deferred: missing arch build
>
> Lintian check waiting for test results on all
>
> The old `python-cogent-doc` package is still present in `testing`.
>
> Why does Britney expect a build for all architectures (`Architecture: all`)
> for this source package, and is any intervention required from the maintainer?
You need to ask the archive team for removal of python-cogent-doc from
unstable. Once the package has been removed from unstable, britney will
no longer wait for a build on arch: all.
Cheers
>
> Excuses: https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=python-cogent
>
> Thanks!
>
--
Sebastian Ramacher
