[Pkg-rust-maintainers] Bug#931003: Bug#931003: Removed package(s) from unstable

[Santiago Vila]

On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 11:48:09AM +0100, peter green wrote:
> > This was automatically closed by ftpmaster because the package was
> > removed from unstable, but this still does not fix the FTBFS problem
> > in stable.
> 
> Unfortunately I don't think a proper fix will be forthcoming, upstream
> has abandoned the crate in question.

It does not need to be a perfect fix. It is enough that dpkg-buildpackage
exits with status 0. If the tests are no longer valid, disabling them
should be much better than nothing, because packages in stable must
build in stable.

> > There are already 74 packages which FTBFS in stable (by my count),
> 
> Do you have a list?

Last time I tried this is what I found:

https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/ftbfs-in-buster/

Among those packages there is even a GPL violation in gcc-8-cross,
as the FTBFS problem happens because the Makefile is buggy (the GPL
says packages must be distributed with a working Makefile).

> Are the stable release managers open to patches fixing such issues?

In my experience, usually yes, because packages in stable must build
in stable.

Thanks.