On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > This is an incorrect assumption. If the package does not build on other > architectures, then it will *not* be kept out of testing. That will only > happen if it built once on some architecture and then stops being > buildable. > > Declaring "Architecture: i386" because you haven't guaranteed yourself > that it will build is wrong, and Debian porters have been fighting > against this for years. > > > > That's not the sort of equality we're aiming for. > > > > Actually, I thought that *was* the sort of equality Debian was aiming > > for...if it breaks for any architecture, it's a serious problem that > > everyone has to deal with. If every Debian developer refused to support > > architectures he/she didn't have immediate access to, non-x86 Debian would > > disappear pretty quickly. > > Precisely.
It would be very helpful if this position were explicitly stated in Debian Policy, especially if people have been "fighting against this for years." Before reporting this bug, I searched the policy manual for all references to "architecture" and found no mention of this issue...as a result, reportbug classified the bug as "normal" and not "serious" or even "important." Steven
