Re: runit-run, releaseability thereof
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 04:49:47PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 03:07:59PM +0000, Gerrit Pape wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 05:07:22PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:54:12PM -0400, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > > > Release team: if you think this bug makes runit-run unreleaseable,
> > > > please indicate as such; otherwise I think it's reasonable for the
> > > > maintainer to downgrade the severity of this bug if the maintainer
> > > > feels that it is releasable. [If there's some disagreement as to
> > > > whether it is releasable or not, that technical decision can of course
> > > > be refered back to the ctte.]
> > >
> > > After some discussion, we feel that the fact that runit-run can be
> > > installed, and unless further manual action is taken, it will make the
> > > computer unbootable to indicate that the package is unreleaseable.
> >
> > This is not a fact, it's a false assertion unless you have a different
> > understanding of "unbootable" than me. And it's not what this very bug
> > report is about. I've yet to see a bug report against runit-run about
> > "unbootable" while the package is included in the past two Debian
> > releases sarge and lenny, and squeeze and sid.
> >
> > After installing runit-run the system boots into "sysinit" by running
> > /etc/init.d/rcS and provides getties. Other init scripts are not run by
> > default. Because of that, the administrator needs to be informed before
> > installing this package to migrate essential services before rebooting,
> > like sshd if local access is not possible.
>
> That still sounds like the package is unreleaseable. If you want to
> re-assign this back to tech-ctte to override the release team's
> decision, feel free to do so.
I don't do this. I don't agree, but respect your opinion. I requested
the removal of the runit-run package from Debian.
Regards, Gerrit.
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