[pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#947334: lxc-checkpoint needs the criu package

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Hi,

On Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 02:30:42PM +0000, Mathias Gibbens wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-11-24 at 11:37 +0100, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
> > Historically it was only in experimental, so I couldn't act upon this
> > bug.
> > 
> > Now we can. I'd either add it as a Depends or as a Recommends.
> 
>   I don't think criu should be in Depends, as checkpointing/live
> migration of containers seems to be a less common use case, and the lxc
> package has been working fine in Debian for many years without it. I
> put it as a Suggests, since it does enhance the capability of lxc, but
> users who don't explicitly need CRIU won't be missing out on any
> functionality if they don't have it installed. However, I'll defer to
> group consensus on where exactly to list the criu packge for lxc.

Suggests make sense.

Note I have to resolve an issue with criu currently and is pending
autoremoval from testing.

Regards,
Salvatore