[Debian-med-packaging] Please add force hint to enable metaphlan2-data testing migration

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 04/11/16 10:20, Andreas Tille wrote:
> 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

Both metaphlan2-data and sspace are now in testing.

Cheers,
Emilio