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Re: what to do about aegir-provision



On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 01:56:55PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, August 23, 2010 09:41, The Anarcat wrote:
> > In fact, we are very close to getting 0.4 out the door. That release
> > will be maintained for stability and security fixes, and would be a much
> > better candidate for Squeeze than 0.3.
> >
> > Therefore, my question is: what should we do with Aegir in Debian? I see
> > two options:
> >
> >  1. remove the package from squeeze, as it is outdated
> >  2. wait for 0.4 to be released and try to push it to squeeze (which
> >  would require your help)
> 
> How close is "very close"?  How large is the diff between the current
> Debian package and 0.4?

 a) very close is a few weeks before a beta, probably a few months
 before a complete release

 b) the diff is very large. a lot of parts have been re-written.

> Given the apparent low usage of the package (at least according to popcon)
> and the lack of reverse-dependencies, it may be worth considering removing
> the package.

That would be unfortunate, as it would mean I would have to maintain a
separate archive for the public packages ... or would it be uploadable
to backports?

-- 
Antoine Beaupré
Réseau Koumbit Networks
+1.514.387.6262

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