On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 09:19:17PM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > > > > Sorry for a stupid question, but how is it ensured in the Debian > > > > project that all packages in stable are buildable in stable?
> > > The Debian project doesn't verify that. There are packages that FTBFS in > > > stable. However, it's rare, because there are never large numbers of > > > packages that FTBFS in testing to begin with. > > The Debian project does verify it. That doesn't mean there are no bugs, > > but they're clearly bugs. > There's a difference between having some release team members act at times on > debcheck and/or FTBFS bugs and having project infrastructure to "ensure that > all packages in stable are buildable in stable". I didn't mean that nobody > does anything to avoid these bugs or that FTBFS weren't considered bugs. They're considered *RC* bugs, with all that implies. This is trivially verifiable from <http://release.debian.org/etch/rc_policy.txt> or <http://release.debian.org/lenny/rc_policy.txt>, either of which I would expect someone to be conversant with before responding to questions on debian-release. > > If you don't understand the way release management actually works (and > > it does work), please just don't answer on mail to debian-release. > If you prefer denigrating my contributions to answering questions to the > list, please do so more convincingly. I believe what he was denigrating were your research skills. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
