- Package:
- tracker.debian.org
- Source:
- tracker.debian.org
- Submitter:
- Stuart Prescott
- Date:
- 2024-07-01 15:03:02 UTC
- Severity:
- wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
TIL: https://release.debian.org/britney/pseudo-excuses-experimental.html
This file contains information on what would happen if that exact same set of
binary and source packages were in unstable and trying to migrate. A low
priority info field that said something like
Packages in experimental:
if these packages were in unstable, then they would not be able to migrate
for the following reasons:
…
These issues might need addressing prior to uploading the package to unstable.
regards
Stuart
Related to this request, it would be helpful if experimental excuses were linked on package tracker pages. qa.debian.org provides such links e.g. https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=dparsons@debian.org currently links to experimental excuses for scipy at https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?experimental=1&package=scipy But the tracker page for scipy at https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/scipy does not provide the link to excuses.php?experimental in the "testing migrations" block. When the package in unstable is migrating to testing, the "testing migrations" bloock summaries the issues affecting migration, but only from unstable to testing. The pseudo-migration from experimental to "testing" is missing. A simple link to https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?experimental=1&package=scipy would be sufficient.