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

[Pierre-Elliott Bécue]

De : Mathias Gibbens <gibmat at debian.org>
À : Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb at debian.org>
Cc : 947334 at bugs.debian.org
Date : 25 nov. 2023 15:35:19
Objet : Re: Bug#947334: lxc-checkpoint needs the criu package

> 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.
> 
> Mathias
In that case I'd put it as a Recommends.

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Pierre-Elliott Bécue