[Pkg-nginx-maintainers] Fw: Bug#1098709: RFS: nginx-snippets/1.0 [ITP] -- Useful, commonly used nginx configuration snippets

[Thomas Ward]

Tobi,

Fun fact I'm part of the nginx-team of uploaders and maintainers.

I proposed adding the TLS snippets and others, but the idea was rejected on the basis of 'how do we know these options are best' and 'how would we keep these updated' and other concerns about how a change in TLS recommendations and such might impact the package updates in case it ships outdated and we don't circle back to fix in stable, etc.

By putting the snippets into a separate package and allowing for extra contributions in a separate package this helps to alleviate the concern because we can adjust the snippets independent of src:nginx and we can also allow wider suggestion of useful snippets without requiring them to be embedded in src:nginx.


Thomas



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-------- Original message --------
From: Tobias Frost <tobi at debian.org>
Date: 3/2/25 03:59 (GMT-05:00)
To: Thomas Ward <teward at thomas-ward.net>
Cc: debian-mentors at lists.debian.org, nginx at packages.debian.org
Subject: Re: Fw: Bug#1098709: RFS: nginx-snippets/1.0 [ITP] -- Useful, commonly used nginx configuration snippets

On Sat, Mar 01, 2025 at 08:36:12PM +0000, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hello, Mentors!
>
> I'm looking for a sponsor for nginx-snippets as a new package in Unstable.  It is not going to be included in Trixie I believe, yet, but it is a useful community contribution package that supplements `src:nginx` but can be updated without dealing with rebuilds or NGINX ABI changes.
>
> All items contained in src:nginx-snippets are flat NGINX configuration files added to /etc/nginx/snippets/ with one dependency in /etc/nginx/conf.d and is designed to work with the NGINX packages in Debian. Though it could be extrapolated and used without the nginx packages in Debian, it's not intended for that use which is why it has a Debian Native format instead of a Quilt format.  (That in itself I don't believe is a blocker).
>
> It'd be nice to get this included sooner than later so that this can also be included and shipped in downstream distros such as Ubuntu which sync from Unstable.
>
> If Unstable as a destination is not acceptable because of freezes, then I'll accept this being in Experimental until post-freezes.
>
>
> Thomas

Did you consider to ask the nginx maintainers include the snippets as
examples?

--
tobi

> ________________________________
> From: Thomas Ward <teward at ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2025 12:29 AM
> To: submit <submit at bugs.debian.org>
> Subject: Bug#1098709: RFS: nginx-snippets/1.0 [ITP] -- Useful, commonly used nginx configuration snippets
>
>
> Package: sponsorship-requests
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "nginx-snippets":
>
>  * Package name     : nginx-snippets
>    Version          : 1.0
>    Upstream contact : Thomas Ward <teward at ubuntu.com><mailto:teward at ubuntu.com>
>  * URL              : https://salsa.debian.org/teward/nginx-snippets
>  * License          : GPL-3.0+
>  * Vcs              : https://salsa.debian.org/teward/nginx-snippets
>    Section          : admin
>
> The source builds the following binary packages:
>
>   nginx-snippets - Useful, commonly used nginx configuration snippets
>
> To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL:
>
>   https://mentors.debian.net/package/nginx-snippets/
>
> Alternatively, you can download the package with 'dget' using this command:
>
>   dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/n/nginx-snippets/nginx-snippets_1.0.dsc
>
> Changes for the initial release:
>
>  nginx-snippets (1.0) unstable; urgency=medium
>  .
>    * Initial release. (Closes: #1098705)
>
> Regards,
> --
>   Thomas Ward
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