[debian-mysql] Bug#804992: mysql-server-5.6: Please drop dependency on initscripts package

[Felipe Sateler]

Hi Robie,

On 7 March 2016 at 09:07, Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi Felipe,
>
> On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 04:33:20PM -0300, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>> It seems that the dependency is a leftover from the /run transition.
>> The version was dropped without explanation when updating to 5.6 from
>> 5.5[1], probably because the version was satisfied in stable already.
>> Please drop the dependency both here and in 5.5.
>
> Thanks for doing that research. We're working on 5.7 at the moment, and
> I've dropped the dependency in my local branch but not pushed it yet. So
> this should get fixed in testing and unstable soon, when we upload 5.7.

Excellent! I don't know how many versions you plan to keep for
stretch, if 5.6 is to be part of it, please remember to fix it there
as well.

>
> 5.5 is pending removal (#811158) so we won't fix it there. I presume
> this isn't severe enough to justify fixing in stable?

No, there is no point in fixing in stable. A key part of the
dependency removal needed a change in update-rc.d that will not be
backported.


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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler