Re: Release impact of introducing a new archive section?
On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 03:05:21PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 09:36:00PM +0000, Niels Thykier wrote:
> > Josh Triplett:
> > > [Please CC me on replies.]
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > Does it seem reasonable to attempt to introduce these new sections
> > > before the release, so that these pieces of software in stable can
> > > successfully work with upcoming sections that will appear in
> > > testing/unstable/backports?
> > >
> > > I'd be willing to write appropriate bug reports and patches for the
> > > various packages listed in the mail above. I (and ftpmaster) would like
> > > to get input from the release team if they see negative effects on the
> > > release from such a change.
> > >
> > > - Josh Triplett
> > >
> >
> >
> > Hi Josh,
> >
> > In summary: To my knowledge there are no issues, but please patch
> > tools before adding the sections.
> >
> > Longer version: I think we should patch the tools first and /if/ we are
> > in time before the release, we can add the sections. To my knowledge,
> > there are basically no ill effects of tools knowing sections that does
> > not yet exist.
>
> That's a good idea; thank you. I'll start working on those patches.
>
> If anyone has any objections to the creation of the two sections "rust"
> and "javascript", please speak up now, as I plan to start writing
> patches for various tools to recognize these sections.
I've now written and submitted all of these patches.
Of the list of packages in
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/05/msg00287.html , aptdaemon
no longer seems to exist in Debian, and configure-debian no longer
hard-codes section names. I also provided a patch for neovim in
addition to vim.
Bug reports:
aptitude - https://bugs.debian.org/847530
dl10n - https://bugs.debian.org/847531
dpkg-www - https://bugs.debian.org/847532
gambas3 - https://bugs.debian.org/847533
libconfig-model-dpkg-perl - https://bugs.debian.org/847534
lintian - https://bugs.debian.org/847535
packagekit - https://bugs.debian.org/847536
reportbug - https://bugs.debian.org/847537
synaptic - https://bugs.debian.org/847538
vim - https://bugs.debian.org/847539
zsh - https://bugs.debian.org/847540
neovim - https://bugs.debian.org/847541
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