On the py2 topic: DEP8 tests

Wed Sep 25 21:46:04 UTC 2019

On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 at 09:42, Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 02:33:35PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > It should be possible to track this by looking at the contents of the
> > Testsuite-Triggers field in Sources.gz.
>
> I wonder if it would be appropriate for archive admins to check this
> before package removals as they do for reverse dependencies? I
> understand that the archive won't end up "broken" by the same
> definition, but it will make the autopkgtest situation in the archive
> worse.
>
> Maybe, to help, the "reverse-depends" tool needs adjusting?
>

In progress, and apparently fixed if you use ubuntu-dev-tools from git?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/reverse-depends/+bug/1843614

Cheers,
mwh
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