On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 09:50:33AM +0100, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> >
> > Neither sspace nor metaphlan2-data were in testing at all. These are new
> > packages that never have made it into testing at all. So it seems that my
> > assumption that once the package is in testing (and I fully agree that its
> > our task to keep them there) no additional force-hint will be required.
>
> sspace was in testing, then got removed, see
> https://packages.qa.debian.org/s/sspace.html
Ups, sorry.
> And yes, I think once the package is in testing, no force-hints are needed.
Good, now we know where to be extra carefully.
> > When thinking about more solution: Is it really sensible these days to
> > pin the testing migration on the existence of packages in i386? I might
> > be very naive about the mechanism behind but I think at least some
> > "i386||amd64" logic would be appropriate.
>
> Not really. That's there to catch regressions and bugs, and should stay for
> the
> foreseeable future (as long as i386 stays mainstream). I won't remove that
> for a
> dozen of packages that are not installable on i386.
OK, I simply trust your insight here.
Thanks again for the clarification
Andreas.
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