On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 01:03:23 +0200 Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
<po...@debian.org> wrote:
> On 07/09/15 18:28, Jo Shields wrote:
> > Package: release.debian.org
> > Severity: normal
> > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org
> > Usertags: transition
> >
> > Mono requires a (hopefully minor) transition, when the pending
version in
> > Experimental uploads to Unstable. The ABI on the core library was
bumped back
> > with Mono 3.0.6+dfsg2-1 in 2012 and the old one deprecated - now
the old
> > version has been removed too.
> >
> > More than half the existing archive packages are already
post-transition (any
> > that were built with Mono 3.0.6+dfsg2-1 or later, in theory).
> >
> > The pending upload is important because it fixes GCC5 FTBFS, and
compiler
> > reproducible output support.
> >
> > I am aware of the PowerPC build failure on the package in
Experimental, I
> > wouldn't look to do the upload before that is fixed (but would like
to get the
> > Ben tracker in place so I can track both issues in parallel). The
PPC build
> > failures are Debian buildd/porterbox-specific - they don't
reproduce locally,
> > which makes it very awkward to repro/fix.
>
> OK, please ping us when you're ready for an upload.
I think this is close to startable, if a transition slot will be
available soon.
Of the 17 "bad" packages on the release tracker, 2 FTBFS for other
reasons (and are removed from Testing anyway). 3 are in DELAYED and
should land this weekend. 2 are waiting on another DELAYED upload to
land this weekend, which should make them RMable. 1 is in binary NEW, 2
are blocking on a package in NEW. The rest already have RM bugs against
ftp.debian.org.
In terms of *actual* work remaining, fsharp needs a new upstream release
uploading (which is only awkward due to the need to +dfsg it), and xsp
needs some upstream work to tag/ship a compatible version (i.e. remove
the attempt to build the old ABI entirely), both of which I can deal
with on Monday.
The only slight wrinkle in the transition is the removal of powerpc as
an architecture, requiring some massaging of the archive before
transitioning would be possible.
