On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 12:02:41PM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 03:52:25AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > geomview (1.8.1-10) unstable; urgency=low > > > . > > > * debian/control: Add "texinfo" to build-deps so that command > > > "makeinfo" > > > is available. Closes: #338773. > > > . > > > * debian/control: Restrict architectures. This package was not > > > designed > > > for 64-bit machines. Closes: #314988. > > Sorry, this is *not* (just) a 64-bit bug; geomview runs fine for me on my > > alpha. > OK, thanks for the confirmation. > > Since the etch RC policy says that packages must be supported on as > > many architectures as is reasonably possible, this is therefore an RC bug; > > please re-add alpha to the architecture list. > OK. Technically, though, you're describing a different bug, namely > "alpha is missing". Sure, treat it as a separate bug if you prefer. :) > > in which case the package really ought to be supported on amd64 as well. > Sure. But then it ain't "grave" since it's only unusable in certain > circumstances. Right? Yes, if someone can test without the nvidia drivers and show that it works on amd64, then the amd64 package shouldn't be treated as RC-buggy. > > Next time if you want to sneak a change like this past the porters, don't > > forget to ask the ftpmasters to remove the stale binary packages. ;) > To be honest, I was a little surprised that this manual step is > necessary. I'm not in a hurry to get them removed since geomview is > being stalled by gcc-4.0 anyway. gcc-4.0 is no longer a staller, actually. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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