Policy about the meaning of dropping a release architecture
Policy about the meaning of dropping a release architecture
Posted Nov 26, 2025 12:36 UTC (Wed) by smcv (subscriber, #53363)In reply to: Policy about the meaning of dropping a release architecture by hsivonen
Parent article: APT Rust requirement raises questions
> What does dropping an architecture from the set of official release architectures mean policy-wise?
It means that the dropped architecture no longer prevents packages in unstable from migrating to testing (and therefore being included in the next stable release) without manual intervention from the release team, even if that results in previously-working packages becoming uninstallable or otherwise broken.