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

wferi at niif.hu wferi at niif.hu
Thu Mar 28 09:43:56 GMT 2019


Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net> writes:

> 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/

Thanks for the good writeup, I missed it.

> 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).

I see.  I was forced to compat 12 by #887904 for shibboleth-sp back in
August, and now we try to backport it to stretch.  Working around
#887904 on compat 11 does not seem a simple exercise for me, that's why
I decided to pursue an init-system-helpers backport.  Please correct me
if I overlook something.

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

I didn't even think of such things. :)  However, now that you reminded
me, I've got a tricky minimal change for your RT hat, let me put that
forward as well...
-- 
Thanks,
Feri



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