On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:49:47 -0700, AW (Adam) wrote:
On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 21:58 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:08:45 -0700, AW (Adam) wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 12:05 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> >
> > > They weren't all on mirrors because there wasn't an
updates-testing
> > > compose for several days, which is beyond the control of the GNOME
> > > maintainers.
> >
> > Specifically, between 31 August and 6 Sept, there was no updates-testing
> > compose. Dennis, is there a reason for this? Thanks!
>
> Great to see that you understand the problem on your own. ;)
>
> All the added packages during that period have _not_ been pushed to any
> repository at all, because the ticket was back to "pending" and waiting
to
> be pushed to "testing". Everyone trying to update only has had access
> to the older packages with broken deps.
I know, but it's still relatively easy to access the 'real' packages,
and that's what all the people who tested the GNOME update did.
Ah, come on! That's close to blanket approval for such a high number of
packages, which require much more individual testing. To sign them off
all with a brief comment or a simple "works for me" isn't credible.
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