Re: heavy dependency on debootstrap

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Sébastien Chaumat <schaumat@debian.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
>  My package (replicator) depends heavily on the exact behavior of the
>  deboostrap package : debootstrap is called with a list of additional
>  packages to install and I always must sync this list with the actual
>  dependencies in sarge.
>
>  Thus I always need a delay (mainly because regression tests take a
>  long time) each time debootstrap or a dependency in base is
>  modified. I will need this delay again when the freeze will happen to
>  be able to upload the correct version of replicator for sarge.
>
>  Can we now take this into account in the release process. I think it
>  would be better if I can have a single contact in the release team to
>  allow better coordination.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sebastien

Could you please change replicator to use cdebootstrap, at lest
optionally. cdebootstrap parses the Packages file and builds a list of
packages to install based on essential, priority and
dependencies. Changes in either one of the three will automatically
adjust the set of packages to install.

With cdebootstrap you just say what extra packages you need and the
rest falls in place on its own.

MfG
        Goswin