Re: e2fsprogs_1.42.5-1.1_amd64.changes ACCEPTED into unstable
On 22 March 2013 23:26, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 02:09:44AM +0000, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote:
>>
>> I was about to file unblock request and ping the installer team coordinators.
>> Sorry, if this is the wrong way around with respect to an upload to unstable.
>
> Well, normally, I'd ask the Release team first whether they would be
> willing to unblock, this late in the release cycle.
>
>>
>> Nonetheless, the bug was still marked as RC.
>> Why didn't you comment on the bug report or downgrade it for almost
>> one month now since nmu.diff was posted?
>
> I did ask if the Release team would be interested in an upload
> (although of a much larger change, admittedly), and they said no.
>
Also, usually I saw such requests with a diff attached to a bug report
opened against release.debian.org, not by piling it in the unrelated
bug-report against a package.
> Personally, I view a bug which can destroy a user's file system as
> being more serious that failing to delete a symlink from a pre-lenny
> install, but I suppose I should have downgraded the bug report, or
> explicitly asked if they would be willing to take a smaller change
> (that would still involve re-rolling the installer image at this late
> state of the game.)
>
I'm not sure if the installer team would want to reroll the images or
not, since there is no code changes to the udebs.
But the fix will benefit to be present in the CD's pool to anyone who
upgrades from CDs without internet access.
> In any case, the earlier e-mail about your upload has already been
> sent to the Debian Release team, so at this point, I'd suggest waiting
> for their response.
>
Right now I feel bad, and not quite sure why. It's just two symlinks
that got overlooked due to a dpkg quirk/feature. Yet it took about a
month to be commented or uploaded, and once it did get uploaded we
have spend all of this time emailing each other. If it gets unblocked
and d-i team respins to pick up some other fixes, maybe they will
consider to pick this one up as well. If not, so be it, people will
pick it up jessie.
Regards,
Dmitrijs.
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