Bug#948375: buster-pu: package ceph/12.2.12+dfsg-1
Hi release team!
any news on this?
There are various bugs in ceph in buster and there was 12.2.13 released
in the meantime...
Bernd
On 1/7/20 11:37 PM, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> Tags: buster
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: pu
>
>
> Hi release-team!
>
> I have a bit complicated idea for a buster-pu: ceph.
> Buster shipped with 12.2.11 and last April upstream released 12.2.12 as
> bugfix release. As usual with ceph, the diff is *huge*, but it is a
> bugfix-only release. So here are a few facts:
>
> - upstream changes: https://ceph.io/releases/v12-2-12-luminous-released/
>
> - proposed diff:
> https://salsa.debian.org/ceph-team/ceph/compare/luminous%2Funstable...debian%2Fbuster
>
> - I've basically imported the changes the Ubuntu people have done in
> Ubuntu together with 12.2.12. So I assume this should work well, I did
> not yet test it properly as I want to wait for a reply from you. I'll
> prepare a backport of 14.2.x as soon as it migrates to testing anyway.
>
> - The issue with ceph is that upstream doesn't do QA for 32bit and our
> selection of unusual architectures. I don't know if it builds on all
> buildds without trying...
>
> - 12.2.X is already EOL at ceph upstream.... I just took over the
> maintenance of ceph, so... everything is late. Things should be better
> for bullseye.
>
> - The packaging is not yet as close to the upstream packaging as I'd
> like to have it. Upstream's packaging is very well tested and
> supported, we should stick to that as far as possible.
>
> For bullseye we'll have the same question: Big updates from upstream as
> their pointrelease. Target will probably be 15.2.X (Octopus), which is
> not yet released, but I hope it will be before bullseye will go into
> freeze.
>
>
> So... whats your opinion on that?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bernd
>
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