Sunday 28 January 2024

Re: +1 maintenance report

Hi Sergio,

On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 06:31:39PM -0500, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
> * r-bioc-savr
> - There's an RM bug against the package on Debian. I didn't touch the
> FTBFS.

However, Debian package removal requests take an indeterminate amount of
time to be acted on by the ftp team, and in the meantime this leaves the
package in update_excuses for other folks to lose time on.

In cases such as these, please either:

- talk directly to an archive admin in realtime to have the package removed
from -proposed (a pointer to a Debian removal bug is sufficient rationale
for a removal), or
- file a bug tagged update-excuse that documents the situation, pointing to
the Debian bug and subscribing ubuntu-archive to it so it can be handled
asynchronously.

Shameless plug:
https://code.launchpad.net/~vorlon/ubuntu-dev-tools/+git/ubuntu-dev-tools/+merge/444677
gets you halfway there on the bug filing ;)

In this case, it appears that in the meantime Debian has decided to fix the
package rather than removing it, so no further action is required now by the
Archive Team.

> * repowerd
> - Investigated a bit. I can build the package locally but it fails to
> build on LP due to dh_missing complaining.

Are you using up-to-date debhelper on noble? There have been recent changes
in debhelper's handling of systemd units, precisely for the /lib vs /usr/lib
question.

Thanks,
--
Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/
slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org