Bug#1106897: unblock: btrfs-compsize/1.5-1.1
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On 2025-05-31 12:34:08 -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: unblock
> X-Debbugs-Cc: btrfs-compsize@packages.debian.org, sten@debian.org
> Control: affects -1 + src:btrfs-compsize
>
> Please unblock package btrfs-compsize
>
> [ Reason ]
> The maintainer of this package seems to have abandoned it both
> upstream and in Debian, and I only learned that this had occurred on
> the 16 May. The package had already fallen out of testing due to the
> ftbfs documented at #1091561, so I made an NMU without delay and
> immediately uploaded it. I hope that the release team will recognise
> that the disappearance of a maintainer is an extenuating circumstance.
>
> [ Impact ]
> If this unblock isn't granted then btrfs-compsize won't be part of
> trixie, and Debian will be the only major distribution that doesn't
> have a tool that is essential for btrfs adopters who use inline
> compression. I had never used the tool before but assumed it would be
> in the archive--just as one assumes standard optional utilities like
> netcat will be.
>
> [ Tests ]
> I used my NMU deb to test if the inline compression-related mount
> options that I was adding to a proof-of-concept MR for
> debian-installer were working correctly, and I confirmed that
> btrfs-compsize works correctly and performs its function flawlessly.
>
> [ Risks ]
> Extremely low, because the patch to fix the ftbfs has already been
> tested for several months by multiple other distributions. It is the
> correct solution until kilobyte resumes upstream maintenance, or until
> someone forks the project.
>
> [ Checklist ]
> [x] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
> [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
> [x] attach debdiff against the last non-NMU of the package
> <#part type="application/octet-stream" filename="/scratch/1.5-1_to_1.5-1.1_bin.debdiff" disposition=attachment>
> <#/part>
> <#part type="application/octet-stream" filename="/scratch/1.5-1_to_1.5-1.1_dsc.debdiff" disposition=attachment>
> <#/part>
Both files are missing. Please provide the debdiff of the source
packages.
Cheers
--
Sebastian Ramacher
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