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

[Jesse Hathaway]

On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 6:14 PM Jérôme Charaoui <jerome at riseup.net> wrote:
> 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 for considering the request Jérôme, I didn't realize Debian
backports were so restrictive, no easy solutions come to mind.