[arch-general] [testing] protocol - {WAS: [arch-dev-public] WARNING - glibc-2.13-2}

[Allan McRae]

On 06/02/11 20:54, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 20:37 +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
>> On 06/02/11 20:16, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 20:10 +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
>>>> I have removed the glibc-2.13-2 package until a fix is committed to
>>>> upstream git.  All users should downgrade to the version in [core].
>>>>
>>>> Allan
>>>
>>> While I understand why Allan did this, shouldn't this be unnecessary for
>>> the [testing] repo? Those who use it know what to do, after all....
>>
>> Probably.  And if the breakage was more minor, I would have left it
>> there (e.g. what has been done with the make package).   But given I
>> still do not 100% understand the bug and the there is no real schedule
>> for an upstream fix, I thought it best to just make everybody's life
>> easier and remove the package for the time being.
>>
>> Allan
>
> Ah. I guess the fact that its not really an upstream release but a bunch
> of backported stuff also has an effect?
>

Not really.  Most of the toolchain is built from snapshots from the 
upstream release branches rather than actual releases.  Normally that 
results in less breakages! :P