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[Paul Gevers <elbrus@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Source: cross-toolchain-base-mipsen
Version: 21
Severity: serious
Tags: sid bookworm
User: release.debian.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Usertags: out-of-sync

Dear maintainer(s) and mips* porter(s),

Please consider this an official warning for the mipsel and mips64el 
ports. Several key packages that are specific for mips* are behind in 
testing for way too long (bug #1023706, #1026129, #1026128) and so far 
I've only seen action after reminders.

The Release Team considers packages that are out-of-sync between testing 
and unstable for more than 60 days as having a Release Critical bug in 
testing [1]. Your package src:cross-toolchain-base-mipsen has been 
trying to migrate for 61 days [2]. Hence, I am filing this bug. Your 
package has a Build-Depends on linux-source-6.0 but that's no longer the 
linux version in testing.

If a package is out of sync between unstable and testing for a longer 
period, this usually means that bugs in the package in testing cannot be 
fixed via unstable. Additionally, blocked packages can have impact on 
other packages, which makes preparing for the release more difficult. 
Finally, it often exposes issues with the package and/or
its (reverse-)dependencies. We expect maintainers to fix issues that 
hamper the migration of their package in a timely manner.

Paul

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html
[2] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=cross-toolchain-base-mipsen

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