Control: block -1 915419 915692 On Wed, 2018-12-19 at 11:34 +0100, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > Control: tags -1 confirmed > > On 13/12/2018 22:05, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:26:33 +0000 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> > > wrote: > > > Package: release.debian.org > > > Severity: normal > > > User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org > > > Usertags: transition > > > > > > Dear release team, > > > > > > We would like to move the new DPDK LTS release 18.11-1 from > > > experimental to unstable. This breaks the various libraries ABI > > > > compat, > > > so a transition is needed. > > > > > > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dpdk > > > > > > The new DPDK packages are all in experimental, having passed the > > > NEW > > > que > > > ue, and have built on all supported architectures. > > > > > > Note that from this project follows a boost-like model, so > > > the ABI revision is named after the upstream major version (eg: > > > > librte- > > > eal17.11 -> librte-eal18.11). This is done because most libraries > > > > built > > > from DPDK break ABI compat on every single major release. > > > > > > Reverse build dependency source packages: > > > > > > collectd: > > > > > > The reverse dependency builds needs a source update to build with > > > > this > > > new version, to do with autoconf. The fix has been merged > > > upstream > > > > [1] > > > and backported to the stable branch currently in sid [2]. > > > I have opened a bug and attached a patch, which I verified works > > > [3]. > > > It seems like there's another bug which should be fixed to allow > > > migration, but the change is quite simple. I have prepared a > > > source > > > > NMU > > > which I could upload if necessary. > > > > > > Note that although collectd only recommends the dpdk libraries, > > > it > > > > does > > > so because the plugin is optional. The plugin still needs to be > > > > rebuilt > > > against the new libraries ABIs to work. > > > > > > virtio-forwarder: > > > > > > This package has never entered testing as of yet, due to another > > > bug > > > (which seems very simple to solve). The issue with DPDK is that > > > > virtio- > > > forwarder imports DPDK's makefiles rather than shipping its own, > > > and > > > these are deprecated. I reported this downstream [4] and upstream > > > > [5]. > > > Given it's not in testing I have not yet prepared a patch. I > > > might do > > > so in the next few days. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > -- > > > Kind regards, > > > Luca Boccassi > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/collectd/collectd/pull/3015 > > > [2] https://github.com/collectd/collectd/pull/3017 > > > [3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=915419 > > > [4] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=915417 > > > [5] https://github.com/Netronome/virtio-forwarder/issues/3 > > > > I have a tentative fix for virtio-forwarder, sent upstream and > > debdiff > > attached to the relevant bug. > > Go ahead. > > Cheers, > Emilio Thanks, the virtio-forwarder patch should be ready and agreed with upstream by the end of the week, I will then proceed with the source upload of DPDK and the source NMUs of collectd and virtio-forwarder (unless they get updated by the maintainers beforehand). -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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