On 2014-11-03 19:39, Michael Banck wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 05:53:06PM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: >>[...] > > Well I see. The really frustrating part is that I could have easily > engineered around the mandated 10-day period by not fixing the RC FTBFS > bug and just get the s390x package removed, waiting till hit hits > testing before the freeze and then fix s390x after the fact. > > So basically I was not asking for an unblock, but rather reduction of > the age period from 10 to 5 days for that RC bugfix, but I guess there's > no procedure for that. I certainly did not expect it to be accepted in > testing after the freeze. > > Too bad, I guess we'll just drop ghemical entirely then. > > > Michael >
I do realise there is some "awkwardness" when we transition from "unrestricted-free-for-all-uploads" to "freeze". Certainly you could have use technical means to bypass our enforcement. But then, you (or someone else) could also have fixed the RC bug earlier than "last minute"... ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

