RevertLog
This page documents cases where we needed to revert uploads in the development release due to regressions, or where we considered doing so. Its intent is to help us gather better data for future policy changes.
Add incidents at the top of this list, so that the list is in reverse chronological order. Use this template:
YYYY-MM-DD
Description: Describe the regression here. Include links to bugs, test failures, or similar where appropriate.
Analysis: Who analysed the regression and what caused it? Include links to Launchpad source package releases and IRC logs where appropriate.
Outcome: What did we do? Include links to Launchpad source package releases where appropriate.
2012-11-22
Description: 1080713: CMakeFile.txt: Unknown arguments specified: "STREQUAL" "TRUE"
Analysis: new upstream release of CMake, change GETTEXT_FOUND changed type from string to boolean, causing unity to FTBFS. xnox, Laney, infinity, didrocks & seb128 quickly analysed this and came to conclusion that unity should be adapted to do if check, instead of an explicit string comparison. At this time, no other affected packages were found.
Outcome: No revert of cmake. Patch unity as per this one-liner which works with both old and new cmake versions. Change of behaviour reported upstream, see the bugtasks on the 1080713.
2012-11-09
Description: 1076906: Login failure due to regression in libgcrypt11.
Analysis: Iain Lane reported this to Adam Stokes on #ubuntu-devel, noting that the master bug understates the impact and that the duplicate is more serious. Colin Watson suggested reverting since the offending patch was simple, and Adam agreed.
Outcome: Patch reverted. Build and Tested by Iain Lane. Uploaded to raring.