[Pkg-giraffe-discuss] Z-push packaging

[Guido Günther]

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 02:51:58PM +0200, Roel van Meer wrote:
> Guido Günther writes:
> 
> > > >> The transitional d-push packages would have been needed if the z-push
> > > >> packages would have been make it into Stretch to provide a upgrade path
> > > >> for user of the old d-push packages. But this was not happen, I'm for
> > > >> simply dropping all old d-push things.
> > > >
> > > > The transitional packages might also be useful if z-push will be
> > > > available via stretch-backports at one point.
> > >
> > > Ohh, yes I see, we may have users that still using the old d-push
> > > packages in Jessie and Stretch through the dist-upgrade(s), then we can
> > > provide the existing transitional packages in Buster and jessie-backports.
> > 
> > and most importantly stretch-backports since this is the distribution
> > channel where users can get z-push from for Debian stable (iff we build
> > a backport). It would be the same we'd ship kopanocore from.
> 
> Just one more question then: Guido started the process of splitting up the
> d-push package in several smaller packages. We have transitional packages
> for all of those now. But was that work ever uploaded for public use? The
> d-push package is listed for both wheezy and jessie, but none of the split
> up packages are. I think that means we only need a transitional package for
> d-push, and not for any others. Do you agree? Or am I missing something?

I think that's correct. The split up d-push never entered the archive so
havig a trinsition d-push → z-push is enough.
Cheers,
 -- Guido