Bug#1104742: unblock: puppetdb/8.4.1-4

[Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>]

Control: tags -1 moreinfo

On 2025-05-05 10:07:54 -0400, Jérôme Charaoui wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: unblock
> 
> Please unblock package puppetdb

puppetdb is in bookworm, so based on that we can grant an exception.
However, puppetdb also has failing autopkgtests on armel and riscv64.
Please investigate/fix them and remove the moreinfo tag once the issues
are resolved.

Cheers

> 
> [ Reason ]
> PuppetDB was removed from testing in March due to expired x509 certificates
> among the upstream unit test fixtures. These issues were fixed with the
> latest upload in unstable, but it missed the soft freeze cutoff by a few
> days.
> 
> [ Impact ]
> Since upstream stopped providing PuppetDB packages for Debian, these
> packagages have increased significance for the Puppet community. Also, DSA
> is a user of the PuppetDB package, as far as I know.
> 
> [ Tests ]
> The package executes the full suite of unit tests at build time, and
> autopkgtests are also implemented.
> 
> [ Risks ]
> The inclusion of PuppetDB in trixie doesn't carry any risks.
> 
> [ Checklist ]
>   [x] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
>   [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
>   [ ] attach debdiff against the package in testing
>       (the package is not yet in testing)
> 
> [ Other info ]
> Knowing that we missed the soft freeze deadline for Debian 13, this is a
> humble request for a freeze exception.
> 

-- 
Sebastian Ramacher