[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#826176: cryptsetup: consider merging stuff from the debian packaging upstream

[Jonas Meurer]

Hi there,

On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 02:05:04 +0200 Christoph Anton Mitterer
<calestyo at scientia.net> wrote:
> I think it should be considered (perhaps in cooperation with the upstream
> maintainers - I have no idea whether they'd like that idea or not),
> whether it makes sense to move parts of the Debian package upstream.
> 
> I'm specifically thinking about:
> - The whole crypttab concept/syntax/documentation.
> - cryptdisks_start, cryptdisks_stop
> - The concept of keyscripts[0], their "API", documentation, etc.
>   - Perhaps some of the keyscripts, as far as they're generally usable
>     (i.e. not Debian specific).
>   - Maybe things like askpass (the passphrase query tool that can be used
>     from keyscripts, and which could be extended to support stuff like
>     plymouth, etc.)
> 
> Moving the initramfstools hooks/scripts upstream is probably not really
> helpful as this is rather debian specific.

This is not going to happen, especially not now that systemd
re-implemented large parts of the initscripts logic itself.

> I hope the Debian maintainers don't feel stepped on their toes when they
> read about this,... it's not my intention to "steal" their work away from
> them, but I actually think that they did such great work with the above,
> that cryptsetup in general (and other distros) should benefit from this as
> well.
> Especially Debian could benefit either, because "standardisation" here
> and WRT to keyscript APIs, etc. could lead to keyscripts from / made for
> other distros could be more easily used in Debian as well.

I agree that cross-distro standardisation of the crypttab features would
be nice. Apparently that's what systemd does, unfortunately without
coordination and by arbitrary decision on which options are supported
and which not (e.g. 'keyscript').

I'm closing this bugreport.

Cheers,
 jonas


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