Bug#532649: libtasn1-3-bin should not be in section 'libs'

Andreas Metzler ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org
Thu Jun 11 15:54:08 UTC 2009


On 2009-06-10 Yavor Doganov <yavor at gnu.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 06:26:05PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> Yavor Doganov <yavor at gnu.org> writes:
>>> But changing the section in debian/control is not enough; the ftpmasters 
>>> have the ultimate power via the override files.
 
>> If we change the section for the package, would the ftpmasters need to
>> do anything?

> The Section and Priority fields as set in the archive override files is
> what matters.  If they differ from those in debian/control, you get a 
> warning from dak upon each upload, and this information appears in the 
> PTS as well (under the "Problems" section).

> So in all cases the ftpmasters must take action.
[...]

I have changed the section in svn. developers' reference seems to
suggest that I should only submit a bug against ftp.d.o *after*
uploading with the changed control file. So I will wait with
reassigning until after the upload. (Which will probably wait until
more changes accumulate.)

cu andreas
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