[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#980316: Update on packaging corepack

[Pirate Praveen]

On Tue, Mar 21 2023 at 09:06:41 PM +01:00:00 +01:00:00, Paul Gevers 
<elbrus at debian.org> wrote:
> Hi Pirate,
> 
> Thanks for reaching out.
> 
> On 20-03-2023 16:44, Pirate Praveen wrote:
>> I request bookworm-ignore tags for these bugs (as such there is
>> no immediate breakage, just unmaintained upstreams for these 
>> packages).
> 
> > yarnpkg: 980316,958686, 1002902, 980316
> > node-har-validator: 1024575
> > node-request: 956423
> > node-request-capture-har: 1002901
> 
> As the packages in question are key packages, we can't easily remove
> them. Hence adding a bookworm-ignore tag doesn't really change the
> situation in bookworm in any way. Hence, the question is whether 
> fixing
> it now and adding an exception is better or worse than letting the bug
> ship in bookworm. If I understand correctly, than the required change
> would mean a new complex package (corepack) which (again, if I
> understand correctly) is considered also by you as inappropriate at 
> this
> time. If you confirm my understanding, I agree that those bugs can be
> marked bookworm-ignore (I already marked them as bookworm-can-defer,
> which is less strong and less official).

We won't be able to complete corepack in a few weeks or months. So we 
have to ship bookworm with these bugs and get this fixed in time for 
trixie.

> 
> Paul