Bug#1031910: [pre-approval] unblock: dpkg/1.21.21

[Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>]

Control: tags -1 confirmed

On 2023-02-25 04:57:58 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: unblock
> X-Debbugs-Cc: dpkg@packages.debian.org
> Control: affects -1 + src:dpkg
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Please pre-approve the dpkg 1.21.21 upload.
> 
> [ Reason ]
> 
> The loong64 arch support got reverted as there was a bug filed
> requesting to change its GNU triplet and multiarch tuple after this
> had been agreed on previously. Clarification was requested and as that
> was blocking the previous pre-approval, it was decided that the best
> would be to temporarily revert it until and if things had been cleared
> out. Upstream now has decided to go back to the previous triplets and
> tuples (what was already in dpkg), so this reverts that revert.
> 
> There are also a couple of translation updates included. One was a
> fix for an issue that made the CI checks fail that slipped in due
> to a release script deficiency, the other is a translation update
> received after the last upload.
> 
> [ Impact ]
> 
> Not including this means the port cannot easily be added into the
> infra as it requires for the stable dpkg to support it. And its
> addition would end up being requested as part of a stable update
> (as has happened with other ports in the past).

Please go ahead.

Cheers

> 
> [ Tests ]
> 
> The arch change already had tests, and it's in any case a data file
> change.
> 
> [ Risks ]
> 
> Very minimal, and the change has already been part of several dpkg
> releases before it got reverted.
> 
> [ Checklist ]
> 
>   [√] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
>   [√] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
>   [√] attach debdiff against the package in testing
> 
> [ Other info ]
> 
> Attached the unfiltered debdiff, you might want to filterdiff with:
> 
>   xzcat dpkg-1.21.20-1.21.21.debdiff.xz |
>     filterdiff --exclude '*.po' --exclude '*.pot' \
>                --exclude '*/man/*/*.pod' \
>                --exclude '*/testsuite' --exclude '*/at/*.m4' \
>                --exclude '*/configure'
> 
> unblock dpkg/1.21.21
> 
> Thanks,
> Guillem



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Sebastian Ramacher