Bug#855004: RM: swi-prolog [mips] -- ROM; dropped building of swi-prolog-java on mips due to FTBFS

[Adam D. Barratt]

On Thu, 2017-02-16 at 10:41 +0100, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> ftp-masters don't handle removals from testing/stable/oldstable, that's done 
> by
> the release team, so I'm not sure why reportbug has that in the template...
> maybe it should redirect the bugs to release.debian.org if you choose one of
> those suites...

It at least makes sure {,old}stable bugs are seen by -release:

if suite not in ('testing', 'unstable', 'experimental'):
headers.append('X-Debbugs-CC: debian-rele...@lists.debian.org')
ui.log_message('Your report will be carbon-copied to 
debian-release.\n')

I'm not sure why that list includes testing, however - nor how simple
having reportbug change the package name at that point would be.

Regards,

Adam

Bug#855004: RM: swi-prolog [mips] -- ROM; dropped building of swi-prolog-java on mips due to FTBFS

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 16/02/17 07:18, Lev Lamberov wrote:
> Hi Emilio,
> 
> 16.02.2017 03:25, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort пишет:
>> The request is for the swi-prolog-java binary package only, the
>> submitter got the subject wrong.
> 
> Ahh. I've used reportbug and entered swi-prolog-java as a package name
> in the corresponding dialog, but source package was substituted
> automatically. I should have been more careful. I've tried to reproduce
> it and succeseded, here is the full dialog:
> 
> -=-=-=-
> 
> $ reportbug ftp.debian.org
> *** Welcome to reportbug.  Use ? for help at prompts. ***
> Note: bug reports are publicly archived (including the email address of
> the submitter).
> Detected character set: UTF-8
> Please change your locale if this is incorrect.
> 
> Using 'Lev Lamberov ' as your from address.
> Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
> What sort of request is this? (If none of these things mean anything to
> you, or you are trying to report a bug in an existing package, please
> press Enter to exit reportbug.)
> 
>  1 ANAIS Package removal - Architecture Not Allowed In Source.
>  2 ICE   Package removal - Internal Compiler Error.
>  3 NBS   Package removal - Not Built [by] Source.
>  4 NPOASRPackage removal - Never Part Of A Stable Release.
>  5 NVIU  Package removal - Newer Version In Unstable.
>  6 ROM   Package removal - Request Of Maintainer.
>  7 ROP   Package removal - Request of Porter.
>  8 RoQA  Package removal - Requested by the QA team.
>  9 other Not a package removal request, report other problems.
> 10 override  Change override request.
> 
> Choose the request type: 6
> Please enter the name of the package: swi-prolog-java
> Checking status database...
> Is the removal to be done in a suite other than "unstable"? Don't select
> anything for "unstable"
> 
> 1 experimentalExperimental.
> 2 oldstable   Old stable.
> 3 oldstable-proposed-updates  Old stable proposed updates.
> 4 stable  Stable.
> 5 stable-proposed-updates Stable proposed updates.
> 6 testing Testing only (NOT unstable)
> 7 testing-proposed-updatesTesting proposed updates
> 
> Choose the suite: 6

There's your error. What you want here is a removal from unstable. Then the
package should migrate to testing just fine, and the old swi-prolog-java binary
will be gone from testing on mips once the new swi-prolog migrates.

ftp-masters don't handle removals from testing/stable/oldstable, that's done by
the release team, so I'm not sure why reportbug has that in the template...
maybe it should redirect the bugs to release.debian.org if you choose one of
those suites...

> Please enter the reason for removal: FTBFS
> Is this removal request for specific architectures? [y|N|?]? y
> Please enter the arch list separated by a space: mips
> Partial removal for testing; forcing suite to 'unstable', since it's the
> proper way to do that.
^^^
Indeed, there's the magic that redirected you to unstable.

BTW I'm not sure if it should be: "RM: $binarypkgs [$archlist]", but that makes
more sense for partial removals...

> Spawning sensible-editor...
> No changes were made in the editor.
> Report will be sent to Debian Bug Tracking System 
> Submit this report on ftp.debian.org (e to edit)
> [y|n|a|c|E|i|l|m|p|q|d|t|s|?]? q
> Saving a backup of the report at
> /tmp/reportbug-ftp.debian.org-backup-20170216-20180-_uoez_jz
> Bug report written as /tmp/reportbug-ftp.debian.org-20170216-20180-p0d5a_n5
> 
> -=-=-=-
> 
> And here is what it outputs:
> 
> $ cat /tmp/reportbug-ftp.debian.org-20170216-20180-p0d5a_n5
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> From: Lev Lamberov 
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System 
> Subject: RM: swi-prolog [mips] -- ROM; FTBFS
> Bcc: Lev Lamberov 
> 
> Package: ftp.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> 
> (please explain the reason for the removal here)
> 
> Note: this was a request for a partial removal from testing, converted
> in one for unstable
> 
> -=-=-=-
> 
> What do you think, should it be reported as a bug in reportbug?

If one ftp team member confirms it should be "RM: $binarypkgs [$archlist]" for
partial removals, then yes. Let's see what they say.

Cheers,
Emilio

Bug#855004: RM: swi-prolog [mips] -- ROM; dropped building of swi-prolog-java on mips due to FTBFS

[Lev Lamberov]

Hi Emilio,

16.02.2017 03:25, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort пишет:
> The request is for the swi-prolog-java binary package only, the
> submitter got the subject wrong.

Ahh. I've used reportbug and entered swi-prolog-java as a package name
in the corresponding dialog, but source package was substituted
automatically. I should have been more careful. I've tried to reproduce
it and succeseded, here is the full dialog:

-=-=-=-

$ reportbug ftp.debian.org
*** Welcome to reportbug.  Use ? for help at prompts. ***
Note: bug reports are publicly archived (including the email address of
the submitter).
Detected character set: UTF-8
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.

Using 'Lev Lamberov ' as your from address.
Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
What sort of request is this? (If none of these things mean anything to
you, or you are trying to report a bug in an existing package, please
press Enter to exit reportbug.)

 1 ANAIS Package removal - Architecture Not Allowed In Source.
 2 ICE   Package removal - Internal Compiler Error.
 3 NBS   Package removal - Not Built [by] Source.
 4 NPOASRPackage removal - Never Part Of A Stable Release.
 5 NVIU  Package removal - Newer Version In Unstable.
 6 ROM   Package removal - Request Of Maintainer.
 7 ROP   Package removal - Request of Porter.
 8 RoQA  Package removal - Requested by the QA team.
 9 other Not a package removal request, report other problems.
10 override  Change override request.

Choose the request type: 6
Please enter the name of the package: swi-prolog-java
Checking status database...
Is the removal to be done in a suite other than "unstable"? Don't select
anything for "unstable"

1 experimentalExperimental.
2 oldstable   Old stable.
3 oldstable-proposed-updates  Old stable proposed updates.
4 stable  Stable.
5 stable-proposed-updates Stable proposed updates.
6 testing Testing only (NOT unstable)
7 testing-proposed-updatesTesting proposed updates

Choose the suite: 6
Please enter the reason for removal: FTBFS
Is this removal request for specific architectures? [y|N|?]? y
Please enter the arch list separated by a space: mips
Partial removal for testing; forcing suite to 'unstable', since it's the
proper way to do that.

Spawning sensible-editor...
No changes were made in the editor.
Report will be sent to Debian Bug Tracking System 
Submit this report on ftp.debian.org (e to edit)
[y|n|a|c|E|i|l|m|p|q|d|t|s|?]? q
Saving a backup of the report at
/tmp/reportbug-ftp.debian.org-backup-20170216-20180-_uoez_jz
Bug report written as /tmp/reportbug-ftp.debian.org-20170216-20180-p0d5a_n5

-=-=-=-

And here is what it outputs:

$ cat /tmp/reportbug-ftp.debian.org-20170216-20180-p0d5a_n5
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
From: Lev Lamberov 
To: Debian Bug Tracking System 
Subject: RM: swi-prolog [mips] -- ROM; FTBFS
Bcc: Lev Lamberov 

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal

(please explain the reason for the removal here)

Note: this was a request for a partial removal from testing, converted
in one for unstable

-=-=-=-

What do you think, should it be reported as a bug in reportbug?

Thanks for your input, Emilio!

Cheers!
Lev



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Bug#855004: RM: swi-prolog [mips] -- ROM; dropped building of swi-prolog-java on mips due to FTBFS

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

Control: tags -1 moreinfoRM: swi-prolog-java [mips] -- ROM; java support broken 
on mips, causes FTBFS
Control: retitle -1 

On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:29:43 -0500 Scott Kitterman  wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:53:49 +0500 Lev Lamberov  wrote:
> > Package: ftp.debian.org
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Dear FTP-Masters,
> > 
> > please, remove swi-prolog-java on mips in testing, since due to
> > unknown bugs (see, #852892 and #854609) it FTBFS on mips. Thanks!
> > 
> > Note: this was a request for a partial removal from testing, converted
> > in one for unstable
> 
> Broken rdpends will have to be removed first:
> 
> Checking reverse dependencies...
> # Broken Depends:
> logol: logol-bin
> pakcs: pakcs
> ppl: libppl-swi
> spark: spark
> 
> Please remove the moreinfo tag once that is done.

The request is for the swi-prolog-java binary package only, the
submitter got the subject wrong. Removing swi-prolog-java seems
fine:

$ dak rm -Rn -a mips -b swi-prolog-java
W: -a/--architecture implies -p/--partial.
Will remove the following packages from unstable:

swi-prolog-java | 7.2.3+dfsg-5 | mips

Maintainer: Lev Lamberov 

--- Reason ---

--

Checking reverse dependencies...
No dependency problem found.

Cheers,
Emilio

Bug#855004: RM: swi-prolog [mips] -- ROM; dropped building of swi-prolog-java on mips due to FTBFS

[Lev Lamberov]

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal

Dear FTP-Masters,

please, remove swi-prolog-java on mips in testing, since due to
unknown bugs (see, #852892 and #854609) it FTBFS on mips. Thanks!

Note: this was a request for a partial removal from testing, converted
in one for unstable