[Debian-astro-maintainers] Bug#996452: [EXTERNAL] Bug#996452: src:healpix-cxx: fails to migrate to testing for too long: soname bump (fixed in experimental)

[Singer, Leo P. (GSFC-6610)]

> On Oct 28, 2021, at 09:07, Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Leo,
> 
> On 28-10-2021 14:59, Singer, Leo P. (GSFC-6610) wrote:
>>> On Oct 28, 2021, at 07:47, Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> This bug doesn't really "care" about the root cause,
>>> just the fact that the package is out-of-sync. And as the version in
>>> unstable *by design* is not affected, I've closed the bug immediately,
>>> which has the effect that if nobody ever looks at it again, the moment a
>>> version of you package migrates, or your package is removed from
>>> testing, this bug is totally fixed.
>> 
>> Hi Paul,
>> 
>> In https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam/Transitions, it says that I need to "request a transition slot from the release team" and "wait for ACK". Do I need to do that before I upload to unstable?
> 
> Under normal circumstances, yes. There are exceptions:
> 1) very limited reverse dependencies all managed by the same person/team
> (and not involved in other transitions)
> 2) where unstable is already messed up and delaying doesn't really help
> anybody (as in this case).
> 3) ... probably more.
> 
> Please file the bug, but you already have my ACK.

Thank you. Would you please ACK over on https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=998012?