[Debian-pan-maintainers] Please accept despite freeze policy - these are just metapackages (Was: debian-pan_0.4_amd64.changes is NEW)

[Scott Kitterman]

Re upload to experimental.

Scott J

On February 28, 2023 6:55:29 AM UTC, Andreas Tille <andreas at fam-tille.de> wrote:
>Hi Scott,
>
>do you want to tell me I should re-upload to experimental or can we
>simply proceed with accepting to unstable?
>
>Kind regards,
>   Andreas.
>
>Am Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 05:40:55AM +0000 schrieb Scott Kitterman:
>> There's no prohibition on new binaries in Experimental.  For uploads there, the freeze policy doesn't affect anything.  This doesn't even require an extra upload, because you will need a second upload to get binaries built on a build regardless of where the first one goes.
>> 
>> Once it's in experimental, that's the time to have a conversation with the release team and upload to unstable only if they agree on the freeze exception.  The FTP team has nothing to do with exceptions to the freeze policy.
>> 
>> Scott K
>> 
>> On February 27, 2023 7:42:51 PM UTC, Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org> wrote:
>> >Hi ftpmasters,
>> >
>> >I'm perfectly aware that we have a "no new binaries" policy currently.
>> >However, per nature or the Blends metapackages it makes sense to adjust
>> >the content of the metapackages quite in the end of the release process
>> >to know what will be in testing and what not.  Thus the quite late
>> >upload is somewhat intended (even if it should have happened some weeks
>> >ago and somehow slipped through).  Thus the extra note that it would be
>> >helpful to accept this package soon to enable smooth testing migration.
>> >
>> >Thanks a lot for all your work as well as your patience
>> >
>> >     Andreas.
>> >
>> >Am Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 10:19:51AM +0000 schrieb Debian FTP Masters:
>> >> binary:pan-coherent-diffraction is NEW.
>> >> binary:pan-grazing-incidence is NEW.
>> >> binary:pan-imaging is NEW.
>> >> binary:pan-machine-learning is NEW.
>> >> binary:pan-modelling is NEW.
>> >> binary:pan-coherent-diffraction is NEW.
>> >> binary:pan-grazing-incidence is NEW.
>> >> binary:pan-imaging is NEW.
>> >> binary:pan-machine-learning is NEW.
>> >> binary:pan-modelling is NEW.
>> >> 
>> >> Your package has been put into the NEW queue, which requires manual action
>> >> from the ftpteam to process. The upload was otherwise valid (it had a good
>> >> OpenPGP signature and file hashes are valid), so please be patient.
>> >> 
>> >> Packages are routinely processed through to the archive, and do feel
>> >> free to browse the NEW queue[1].
>> >> 
>> >> If there is an issue with the upload, you will receive an email from a
>> >> member of the ftpteam.
>> >> 
>> >> If you have any questions, you may reply to this email.
>> >> 
>> >> [1]: https://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html
>> >>      or https://ftp-master.debian.org/backports-new.html for *-backports
>> >> 
>> >
>> 
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