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

[Niels Thykier]

wferi at niif.hu:
> 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.
> 

Right.  I aimed for making compat 12 in buster painless.  Possibly
compat 11 should be deprecated aggressively because it is "broken" for
services (asking people to choose compat 10 or 12 instead as appropriate).

>> 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,
~Niels