Package: www.debian.org Severity: wishlist Tags: patch It seems reasonable to expect that wanna-build-states.wml should mention the manual state transitions available by mailing the debian-wb-team (give-back and dep-wait). A proposed patch follows (please check its accuracy with the wb-team, cc'd).
I've also filed Bug #555961 on release.debian.org proposing clarifications in <http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt>. For the purposes of current/future website relicensing efforts: I give permission for the text provided here to be copied and distributed with or without modification in any medium. There is no warranty. Thanks, Simon Index: wanna-build-states.wml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/webwml/webwml/english/devel/buildd/wanna-build-states.wml,v retrieving revision 1.20 diff -u -r1.20 wanna-build-states.wml --- wanna-build-states.wml 2 Sep 2009 07:35:20 -0000 1.20 +++ wanna-build-states.wml 12 Nov 2009 22:36:10 -0000 @@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ theoretically also explicitly request a different section ordering, but that is not usually done.<br /> There could be other situations where the queue order seems to - be ignored; but note that they are all exceptions. + be ignored; but note that they are all exceptions.<br /> + The <code>gb</code> ("give-back") wanna-build command can be used + by the wanna-build team to move a failed package back into the + <em>needs-build</em> state. </dd> <dt><a name="building">building</a></dt> <dd>A package is marked <em>building</em> from the moment an @@ -119,7 +122,15 @@ Build-Depends, and should he or she add it when it is noticed that <tt>baz</tt> is <em>dep-wait</em>ing on a non-existing <tt>foo</tt> for <tt>m68k</tt>, then the <em>dep-wait</em> state for <tt>m68k</tt> will - have to be manually lifted by the <tt>m68k</tt> porters. + have to be manually lifted by the <tt>m68k</tt> porters.<br /> + It is also possible to request that a package in some other state is + placed in the <em>dep-wait</em> state, by asking the wanna-build + team to apply the <code>dw</code> wanna-build command; for instance, a + package that failed to build on the first attempt due to toolchain + bugs can be set to <em>dep-wait</em> on toolchain packages that fix + those bugs, or a package that should be rebuilt against an updated + library can be set to <em>dep-wait</em> on that library (this is + useful in conjunction with binary NMUs). </dd> <dt><a name="bd-uninstallable">BD-Uninstallable</a></dt> <dd>During debconf9, <a @@ -159,7 +170,11 @@ hardly ever the right thing to do, the option is available to the autobuilder admin.<br /> Note that a package will <strong>never</strong> be marked - <em>failed</em> without human intervention. + <em>failed</em> without human intervention.<br /> + It is sometimes useful to ask the wanna-build team to move failed + packages into the <em>needs-build</em> or <em>dep-wait</em> state; to + do so, follow <a href="http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt";>the + instructions provided by the release team</a>. </dd> <dt><a name="not-for-us">not-for-us</a></dt> <dd>Certain specific packages are architecture-specific; for
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