Re: Status for RT on `Rules-Requires-Root: no` transition
On Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 01:18:21PM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Here is one final update as the freeze is about to start.
>
> * First and foremost, I consider the transition as over, since there
> are no more packages left that are actionable by me nor is there
> any pending reason to revert the change.
>
>
> * Only three known issues remain as affecting testing. These
> are d-i, shim, and the shim arm64 helper. As stated before,
> in all three cases, the maintainer and agreed they would fix
> on their own, since these packages have non-trivial circumstances
> where a "careless" NMU would harm more than help.
Thanks for checking with us on the shim front - it's really
appreciated. The new upstream release I promised is due any day now -
I'm doing some testing with 16.0 RC1 already.
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
Is there anybody out there?
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