Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: unblock
X-Debbugs-Cc: bluca@debian.org
Please unblock package iptables-persistent
(Please provide enough (but not too much) information to help
the release team to judge the request efficiently. E.g. by
filling in the sections below.)
[ Reason ]
The package is using alternatives to manage (systemd) aliases,
this is not recommended by the systemd maintainers.
See bug report #1036147
I've added alternatives to this package back in 2019 to solve #926927
as a point of coordination with other firewall managers in Debian
(see https://lists.debian.org/debian-firewall/2019/08/msg00000.html) but
the initiative never took off
[ Impact ]
This is (was) the only package in Debian which uses alternatives to
manage aliases, which makes it different from what admins expect
[ Tests ]
This version of the package is clean in lintian and piuparts,
I've upgraded my systems and found no problems
[ Risks ]
I see no risks, if an admin locally have changed the override files,
we'll keep them as dpkg-bak
[ Checklist ]
[x] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
[x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
[x] attach debdiff against the package in testing
unblock iptables-persistent/1.0.20