Bug#534058: FTBFS on amd64

[Julien Cristau]

On Mon, May  1, 2017 at 15:22:40 +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:

> On Mon, May 01, 2017 at 02:43:11PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Mon, May  1, 2017 at 13:41:03 +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> > 
> > > What about just release policy when it says "packages must autobuild from source"?
> > > Does such statement suddenly not refer to our official autobuilders?
> >
> > I don't see that statement in the stretch RC policy.
> 
> This is what it says: Packages must autobuild without failure on all
> architectures on which they are supported.
> 
> Do you mean that because it is not supported on amd64, it does not
> need to build on the Arch:all autobuilder? (which runs amd64).
> 
That sentence has been there forever (e.g. it's in
https://release.debian.org/etch/rc_policy.txt) and has never been
applied to arch:all.  Just because we now have arch:all autobuilders
doesn't change what that sentence means.  And just because our
infrastructure is deficient (in not allowing to build arch:all on
non-amd64) doesn't make this suddenly a RC bug in those packages.

> Also: Is there any particular reason why this is a normal bug and
> the other bug (Bug#861605: pixfrogger) has been closed?
> 
Because this bug has some history with maybe relevant information in it,
and afaict #861605 does not.  They're both blocked by improvements in
our infrastructure, and I don't see value in keeping an empty bug around
as a placeholder.

Cheers,
Julien