[Pkg-puppet-devel] Bug#1081696: puppet: Package 7.25.0 or newer

[Jérôme Charaoui]

Le 2024-09-13 à 16 h 59, Jesse Hathaway a écrit :
> Package: puppet
> Version: 7.23.0-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> It would be great if puppet 7.25.0 or newer could be packaged for
> bookworm. 7.25.0 adds an option, allow_pson_serialization, which may be
> used to disable pson serialization. Puppet 8 removes pson serialization,
> so it would be nice to be able to prepare for that change while still on
> puppet 7.

I think a backport would be feasible: I doubt the dependencies are very 
different between the two versions. But several concerns that come to mind:

- The backport policy [0] states that "To guarantee an upgrade path from 
stable+backports to the next stable, the package needs to be in 
testing.". Does it only mean that the package "puppet-agent" must be in 
testing, or that it must be in testing *and* the same version? In other 
words, would we be allowed to upload a newer puppet 7 even though 
testing has puppet 8? This should be clarified with the backports team.

- The updated puppet-agent package should avoid breaking the version of 
puppetserver currently in bookworm

- If puppet-agent enters backports, someone will need to be responsible 
for maintaining it in that suite and respond to security issues if they 
arise.

Thanks,

-- Jérôme

[0] https://backports.debian.org/Contribute/#index5h3