Hi, AFAIR this has been suggested before, but I do not remember where: Could there be test rebuilds before stable point releases?
The MariaDB exclusion in the latest point release that prevented a broken MariaDB from entering stable was only found throough a FTBFS in an rdep reported by Santiago for unstable. I just discovered that DSA 6336-1 included in the latest point release causes FTBFS of at least 6 packages in stable (there might also be some runtime breakage in the affected packages), and this could have been fixed before the point release had it been discovered in time. @Santiago: How long would a rebuild of all packages in trixie (perhaps with exclusions for a few large packages) take? Release day R is on a Saturday, and the last uploads are usually accepted on Sunday R-6. Assuming the rebuild takes ~ 2 days, I would suggest something like the following: Archive rebuild including the pu updates so far on Monday R-12, which gives time to fix issues found before the point release. Archive rebuild including all pu updates on Monday R-5, exclusion from the point release or documentation would be the only options at this point. cu Adrian
