[pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#947334: Bug#947334: lxc-checkpoint needs the criu package
Mathias Gibbens
gibmat at debian.org
Thu Nov 30 01:06:42 GMT 2023
On Wed, 2023-11-29 at 21:22 +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 02:30:42PM +0000, Mathias Gibbens wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Suggests make sense.
>
> Note I have to resolve an issue with criu currently and is pending
> autoremoval from testing.
OK, for now I'll do an upload with criu in Suggests; we can easily
change that if desired in a future upload.
Mathias
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