Bug#1030939: e2fsprogs: generates filesystems that grub-install doesn't recognize

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 08:31:04AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> > Holding back file system development because grub2 uptsream is super
> > slow doesn't seem like a reasonable way forward, so I really don't
> > want to set this precedent.
> 
> The Bookworm freeze has started, we need to be able to install stuff, so
> we need a solution for the grub2/e2fsprogs situation *now*.
> 
> I really don't care about “setting a precedent”.

But that problem has already been solved by cloning the bug back to
e2fpsrogs (#1030939) which will prevent e2fsprogs from transitioning
to testing, no?  So what's the problem.

The fact that grub2 upstream is super-slow in doing releases is
already a pain in *ass that has caused much pain over the years.
Adding a conflict just adds more pain, without adding any additional
benefit.  So what's the point?

     	   	   	      		 - Ted