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Re: gem2deb stable-bpo problem



Am Samstag, den 02.05.2020, 10:49 -0300 schrieb Antonio Terceiro:
> On Sat, May 02, 2020 at 03:11:19PM +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > Am Samstag, den 02.05.2020, 14:12 +0900 schrieb Marc Dequènes (duck):
> > > Quack,
> > > 
> > > If I rebuild redmine using gem2deb >= 1 I end-up with this error:
> > >   gem2deb-test-runner : Breaks: ruby-mime-types (< 3.3.1-1~) but 3.2.2-1 
> > > is to be installed
> > 
> > You are IMHO doing something forbidden or at least discouraged. Packages
> > for
> > backports should be built with packages in stable only. Other backports
> > should
> > usually not be required. Definietely not for building the package! To be
> > correct: My last information was, that this is a requirement. The backports
> > page now reads, that this is highly discouraged and only allowed in a few
> > cases.
> > 
> > https://backports.debian.org/Contribute/#index3h2
> > 
> > Second and last point. gem2deb IMHO doesn't seem to fit these requirements.
> > Its
> > backport also should not contain the specific change for the unstable-
> > testing
> > migration.
> 
> Backporting toolchain packages in general is usually a bad idea. In
> particular I object to backporting gem2deb at all.

Well, it already is in backports. [1]

Actually IMHO this is not bad per se. With the backport stable users can create
ruby packages (latest dh-make-ruby features) for unstable and push their work
to salsa. But it should not be used for building backports. In this I agree.

[1] https://tracker.debian.org/news/1113808/accepted-gem2deb-105bpo101-source-amd64-into-buster-backports-buster-backports/


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