binary removals of unbuildable packages in lucid
Loïc Minier
loic.minier at ubuntu.com
Fri Apr 23 00:34:59 BST 2010
On Sat, Apr 03, 2010, Steve Langasek wrote:
> At UDS in Dallas, it was proposed that we run a round of removals of those
> binary packages in universe and multiverse from sources that fail to build in
> lucid, so that we would enter the LTS release clean and no users would wind
> up installing binary packages that it would be impossible for us to provide
> security support for.
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-lucid-supportable-binaries
Question: what will happen if someone gives back these binaries in a
future release and they build because e.g. a build-dep was fixed? Wont
this result in collisions in the filenames or confusion on end-user
systems?
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Loïc Minier
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