On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 06:38:44PM +0100, jhcha54008 wrote: > I wonder if the following solution would be accepted (see the two patches > attached) : let the source package ship the two binaries (bootlx and > net_aboot.nh). [...]
Hmm, but this is like removing a hack and creating another one in another place. The previous package was a "fake" Arch:all package, so to speak, and now we would have a "fake" source package, as it would include binaries. We don't want binaries inside source packages (and I think ftpmasters would surely agree on this). If alpha is not a release architecture, would it really be a problem to remove this from testing before the release of stretch while we keep it in unstable? We could meet the release goal of all packages being buildable in our Arch:all autobuilder that way without causing a major headache to users of alpha. Alternatively, there is also the possibility of asking the Release Managers for permission to use stretch-ignore here. Thanks.
