[Debian-astro-maintainers] Bug#915207: gnudatalanguage: autopkgtests fail: test_bug_n000720, test_idlneturl, test_point_lun, test_save_restore, test_zip

[Gilles Filippini]

Hi Sebastian,

On 03.12.18 00:15, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:> Unfortunately the
autopkgtests for 0.9.9-1 still fail [0], and since> it's blocking the
migration of hdf5 it makes the package unsuitable for> release
justifying the RC severity [1].
Sorry, but I don't see this: gdl does not *break* hdf5 ("break" means
IMO that a package that worked before does not work anymore -- but hdf5
still works nicely, right?), and it also does not block the transition.

As far as I know, CI tests are currently setup in a non-blocking way.
And when I look into the maintainer page of hdf5, it says

"Required age increased by 30 days because of autopkgtest".

This is not a block, this is just a delay. There never was a statement
that failing CI tests are RC (or would become so before buster).

So, you you please be a bit more explicit how the RC policy applies here?

Best regards

Ole