[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#676686: Bug#676686: libxslt1.1: libxslt1.1 binNMU broke multi-arch installability

[Michael Gilbert]

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Philipp Kern wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 04:36:40AM +0800, Aron Xu wrote:
>> Does this mean M-A:same packages should be prevented from being
>> binNMUed, but only source upload can be accepted?
>
> You cannot deprive the Release Team of this tool. Also multiarch bugs are IMHO
> at most important, not serious. Possibly we could allow one last sourceful
> upload when the transitions all settled, but it would again increase the review
> load on the release team.
>
> IMHO it's on the "if it works, fine, if not, sorry about that" part of the
> list, given that it was finalized so late, with that critical piece missing.

Wouldn't the ideal solution be non-architecture-specific changelogs?
So, a normal binnmu changelog looks like this now:

package (version) sid; urgency=low

  * Binary-only non-maintainer upload for amd64; no source changes.

 -- amd64 Builddd Daemon (barber)
<buildd_amd64-barber at buildd.debian.org>  Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:33:05
+0000

which could be changed to something like this instead:

package (version) sid; urgency=low

  * Binary-only non-maintainer upload; no source changes.

 -- Debian Release Team <debian-release at lists.debian.org>  Tue, 05 Jun
2012 16:33:05 +0000

or some other appropriate binnmu mailing address.  This would also
mean rebuilding all of the other architectures for multi-arch same
packages so that they all get the same changelog.

Best wishes,
Mike