[Piuparts-devel] Packages from p-u in "cannot be tested"

[Adam D. Barratt]

On 2017-05-23 2:38, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi Adam,
> 
> sorry for the late reply…
> 
> On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 08:41:30AM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
>> Recently I've noticed that a few packages from proposed-updates seem 
>> to be
>> ending up in a state of "cannot be tested", with logs that suggest an 
>> issue
>> locating the package.
> [...]
>> The previous packages that I saw in this state resolved themselves 
>> within a
>> day or so, so I assume were rescheduled.
> 
> not exactly rescheduled, but when something in the archive changes and
> their state changes, they get scheduled…

Ok. That seems to have happened in this case.

>> I don't remember seeing this behaviour before. Have I just been 
>> unobservant,
>> or has something changed (or possible broken) with the testing?
> 
> I've done nothing on this since May 5th and today there are 0 packages
> in the "cannot be tested" state for jessie-pu…

Well, the packages I was seeing the issue with at the time are no longer 
in p-u, as there was a point release a few days after my query. :-)

I'll keep an eye out for any future occurences and see if I can catch 
them nearer the time they happen.

Regards,

Adam