Bug#925524: init-system-helpers: Please provide a stretch backport for debhelper 12~

[Niels Thykier]

wferi at niif.hu:
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:29:29 +0100 =?utf-8?q?Ferenc_W=C3=A1gner?= <wferi at debian.org> wrote:
>  
>> Debhelper compat level 12 is stable and available in stretch-backports,
>> but uses the --skip-systemd-native option of invoke-rc.d, thus adds
>> init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~) to misc:Pre-Depends.  This is necessary
>> to fix https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=887904.
>> However, the resulting pre-dependency can't be satisfied in stretch,
>> making the resulting binaries of compat 12 packages uninstallable in
>> stretch.  Could you please provide a stretch backport of a suitable
>> init-system-helpers version to accompany debhelper 12~, or do you
>> recommend some other solution to this problem?  (I suppose installing a
>> newer version of init-system-helpers manually to a stretch system
>> wouldn't break it, but it's rather inconvenient even if you confirm it.)
> 
> Hi Niels,
> 
> I'm not sure you noticed this report.  In any case, I'd be much
> interested to hear your opinion concerning this issue.
> 

I don't think I have much to add to it really beyond what is covered in
https://nthykier.wordpress.com/2019/01/04/debhelper-compat-12-is-now-released/

Sure it would be great to have one less caveat for upgrating to compat
12.  But mostly release compat 12 before buster was to ensure people
could assume compat 12 was present in buster (and less about stretch).

Related note (with my RT hat on): Please defer debhelper compat bumps
for anything targeting buster as it is not considered a "minimal change".

Thanks,
~Niels