Bug#395181: initrd-tools?
On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 08:03:29PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Noah Meyerhans (noahm@debian.org) [061218 19:41]:
> > Our options would seem to be to revise the release notes
> > to no longer suggest upgrading aptitude before dist-upgrade, or
> > including an initrd-tools package that doesn't conflict with current
> > libc6. I believe we should include an initrd-tools package, even if
> > it is just a dummy package, to provide for a smooth upgrade path.
> I doubt that a dummy package is better, I think it is even worse because
> it will lull people into security where there is none.
> Basically, initrd-tools has been removed because it maintainers asked
> for removal from testing plus unstable.
> If I understand it correct, someone could take over a package where the
> maintainers asked for removal (well, basically it is orphaned with the
> "please remove foo now") - and if the then-current maintainer ask to let
> the initrd-tools back to testing, I don't see why we should refuse this.
> (Of course, my understanding could be wrong.)
If initrd-tools needs to be kept around for etch for an upgrade path, I'm
willing to do the minimum of work necessary to support this. The reason it
was removed from testing in the first place is that it had an RC bug filed
against it that no one thought was worth the effort of investigating.
I'll prepare an upload to fix 395181.
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