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  • debian-installer missing Standards-Version

    From John Paul Adrian Glaubitz@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 23 10:50:01 2022
    Hello!

    I have noticed that several udebs such as partman-ext3 are missing the Standards-Version
    in their debian/control [1] files.

    Does anyone know whether this is by design or is this an oversight?

    I'm asking because lintian is complaining about that when building the package.

    Also, many of these packages are still stuck with debian/compat version 9. Do we want to upgrade
    the version to something more recent? And do we want to switch to the debhelper-compat module?

    Thanks,
    Adrian

    [1] https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-ext3/-/blob/master/debian/control

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  • From Cyril Brulebois@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 23 11:10:02 2022
    Hi,

    John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> (2022-03-23):
    I have noticed that several udebs such as partman-ext3 are missing the Standards-Version in their debian/control [1] files.

    Does anyone know whether this is by design or is this an oversight?

    I'm asking because lintian is complaining about that when building the package.

    This is #991533. Given the lengthy thread it turned into, I gave up.

    Also, many of these packages are still stuck with debian/compat
    version 9. Do we want to upgrade the version to something more recent?

    Maybe. I think I'd like people who would like to look into that to:
    (1) be cautious, there might be udeb-related regressions or behavorial
    changes that might not have been caught earlier;
    (2) maybe plan upgrading all packages, possibly not at once, but over a
    small-ish time window, so that we don't stay too long with packages
    with old and new compat levels, especially if it's not just about
    bumping the compat level.

    And do we want to switch to the debhelper-compat module?

    No idea at the moment, I'd have to read up some more about that part. If
    that's the recommended way (according to debhelper developers) and if
    that's what people expect these days, sure.


    Cheers,
    --
    Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/>
    D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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  • From John Paul Adrian Glaubitz@21:1/5 to Cyril Brulebois on Wed Mar 23 11:30:01 2022
    Hi Cyril!

    On 3/23/22 11:03, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
    Hi,

    John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> (2022-03-23):
    I have noticed that several udebs such as partman-ext3 are missing the
    Standards-Version in their debian/control [1] files.

    Does anyone know whether this is by design or is this an oversight?

    I'm asking because lintian is complaining about that when building the
    package.

    This is #991533. Given the lengthy thread it turned into, I gave up.

    Thanks. That answers my question.

    Also, many of these packages are still stuck with debian/compat
    version 9. Do we want to upgrade the version to something more recent?

    Maybe. I think I'd like people who would like to look into that to:
    (1) be cautious, there might be udeb-related regressions or behavorial
    changes that might not have been caught earlier;
    (2) maybe plan upgrading all packages, possibly not at once, but over a
    small-ish time window, so that we don't stay too long with packages
    with old and new compat levels, especially if it's not just about
    bumping the compat level.

    And do we want to switch to the debhelper-compat module?

    No idea at the moment, I'd have to read up some more about that part. If that's the recommended way (according to debhelper developers) and if
    that's what people expect these days, sure.

    OK. I'll stick to the current versions used in debian-installer and let it
    up to the installer team to bump these versions in the partman-hfs
    package.

    Thanks,
    Adrian

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    .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
    : :' : Debian Developer - glaubitz@debian.org
    `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de
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  • From Bastian Blank@21:1/5 to John Paul Adrian Glaubitz on Wed Mar 23 14:00:01 2022
    On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:46:08AM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
    Does anyone know whether this is by design or is this an oversight?

    This is by design. udeb don't follow policy. So listing a policy
    version is somewhat distracting.

    Bastian

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