[debian-mysql] Requesting change in priorities

[Akhil Mohan]

Hi Robie,

Sorry, I had few engagements that could not be overridden.

On Wednesday 06 August 2014 06:25 PM, Robie Basak wrote:
> Hi Akhil,
>
> Agreed. I've been looking at what else we need for mysql-5.6 over the
> last few days.
Thanks!
>
> I have ported forward the Ubuntu delta that was present for mysql-5.5
> that we still need - restoring #DEBHELPER# in mysql-server-5.6.postrm so
> that dh_installinit and dh_apparmor can work, and adding the upstart job
> and apport hook. I am still testing these. These patches would be
> Ubuntu-only for now, although the missing #DEBHELPER# in the server
> postrm is a bug (or at best some tech debt) that should be fixed in
> Debian. I haven't managed to understand the exact reason this workaround
> was put in in in the first place.
Ok, are you placing your current changes on some public repo where I can
have a look at them ?
>
> I'm not aware of anything else that needs to be brought forward from
> mysql-5.5.
>
> I've also ported forward my dep8 smoke test that was never applied
> anywhere (just posted to the ML). This should go into Debian.
I can take up the Debian entry.
>
> I get dep8 test failures for the upstream test suite when I run locally
> - both against LXC and on KVM. Since this takes two hours to run,
> iteration is very slow and so I'm leaving this for now. I wonder if you
> could take a look at this, maybe? I just joined #debian-mysql so find me
> on there perhaps, and I can help you reproduce the failure if you need?
Sorry, I could not get in touch with you on IRC. If you can list me the
test case names that failed I can start the investigation.
>
> So what's remaining right now for this is: 1) Test my deltas - I can
> post my work in progress if you like;
Yes it would be good to have a look at it before I try anything.
>  and 2) Move the binary common
> binary packages (everything generated by mysql-5.5 that doesn't have 5.5
> in it) over to being built from mysql-5.6 instead.
I think if you are not yet working on it then I can start here along
with dep8 test failures. Another work item would be to get the lib*
packages in place for 5.6 that are currently not built.
>
> The swapping of all reverse dependencies from mysql-server to
> virtual-mysql-server is a separate task.
I will start it after moving common package to 5.6.
>
> Robie