Re: golang-github-cenkalti-backoff v4->v5 migration, ITP of v4 vs v5?

[Ahmad Khalifa <ahmad@khalifa.ws>]

On 02/10/2025 14:14, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Naively I can think of two ways forward:
>
> 0) Somehow patch out this dependency from
> golang-github-transparency-dev-tessera.
>
> 1) ITP a golang-github-cenkalti-backoff-v5 for the new API and use it.
>
> 2) ITP a golang-github-cenkalti-backoff-v4 as a copy of the current
> packaging, update all reverse dependecies replacing
> golang-github-cenkalti-backoff-dev with
> golang-github-cenkalti-backoff-v4-dev, and then package v5 as
> golang-github-cenkalti-backoff-dev and use that in
> golang-github-transparency-dev-tessera.

Couple more suggestions, not tested:

3) add v5 as an MUT in v5/ dir of backoff-dev.

4) vendor backoff v5 in tessera, it's only 6 source files.


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Regards,
Ahmad