PSA: R package test failures due to autodep8

2021-08-05 Thread Simon Chopin
Hello, For your information, there's a bug[0] in the autodep8 implementation for R packages that can generate wrong control metadata for the autopkgtest of some R packages, see for instance [1]. So if you see weird failures with test dependencies refusing to install, it might very well be because

Re: Proposal: Stop auto-syncs a week earlier (Debian releases on the 14th)

2021-08-05 Thread Robie Basak
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 05:52:46PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > I suggest we instead stop the auto syncs a week earlier; either > next Thu or next Friday (12th or 13th), to avoid that. +1 I actually proposed exactly this a month ago at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/impish-indri-release-sc

Re: Proposal: Stop auto-syncs a week earlier (Debian releases on the 14th)

2021-08-05 Thread Iain Lane
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 05:52:46PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Hi folks, > > with Debian releasing on the 14th, leaving the auto-sync on until > the 19th would have the effect of drawing in a lot of new packages > just before feature freeze. > > I suggest we instead stop the auto syncs a

Re: Proposal: Stop auto-syncs a week earlier (Debian releases on the 14th)

2021-08-05 Thread Lukasz Zemczak
+1 from my side at least. Seems like a sensible thing to do. Cheers, On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 at 17:53, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > Hi folks, > > with Debian releasing on the 14th, leaving the auto-sync on until > the 19th would have the effect of drawing in a lot of new packages > just before feat

Proposal: Stop auto-syncs a week earlier (Debian releases on the 14th)

2021-08-05 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Hi folks, with Debian releasing on the 14th, leaving the auto-sync on until the 19th would have the effect of drawing in a lot of new packages just before feature freeze. I suggest we instead stop the auto syncs a week earlier; either next Thu or next Friday (12th or 13th), to avoid that. This d