Re: Bug#867104: wanna-build issue with src:perl versioned Provides
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 04:16:25PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 03:15:14PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > > 1. upload to stretch, upgrade wuiet to stretch
> >
> > I plan to upgrade wuiet to stretch during debconf, but not before. Note
> > anyway that going through stretch means waiting for the next point
> > release.
>
> I don't believe waiting for the next point release would be so bad
> anyway. It probably means less than 2 months, this change waited for
> quite longer…
> Also, couldn't you install it from stretch-pu?
>
> > > 3. upload to stretch-bpo, upgrade wuiet to stretch
> >
> > That also works and might be faster. It means we need to try to keep as
> > much as possible the interface unchanged to not get any breakage.
>
> That, and it would need be kept up to date in backports to comply with
> backport's rules.
>
>
> Overall I think that 1 is the best choice for everything, but then it
> comes down to Ralf's willingness to take out the fixing commit and to a
> stable update (and RM acceptance of it), and pkg-perl's willingness to
> wait for the next point release.
Oh, we aren't in any particular hurry though I'd obviously like it to
happen early enough for buster :) There's also #867081 to fix before we
can reinstate the versioned Provides in perl anyway.
Thanks for looking at this,
--
Niko Tyni ntyni@debian.org
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