[Python-modules-team] Bug#863267: Bug#863267: Associated removals

[Adrian Bunk]

On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 05:46:22AM +0000, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> 
> 
> On May 26, 2017 12:30:17 AM EDT, Neil Williams <codehelp at debian.org> wrote:
> >On Fri, 26 May 2017 04:11:49 +0000
> >Scott Kitterman <debian at kitterman.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I don't see any way to completely resolve this before stretch
> >> releases other than removing lava-server.
> >
> >This is a *django* bug! There is no evidence that lava-server is
> >responsible for this - it just has to use multiple django apps. Any
> >other system outside Debian using multiple apps will suffer the same
> >bug.
> >
> >Note: once this bug occurs, unless the user is *clearly* warned to look
> >for and install 1.8, *data loss* will occur. We have already had one
> >user lose data covering 6 months of tests due to this error. The
> >process must halt when the exception is seen, the app will be down and
> >unusable and users will get a 503.
> 
> Sounds like a great input for the release notes.  You should submit it.
> 
> If you'd filed this bug months ago, back when you found it, maybe something could have been done.  Given short time before release, there's not a lot of options.
> 
> It really doesn't matter whose fault the bug is.

Let's get constructive:

If it is agreed that this is a bug in Django, then you or Neil or the 
Django maintainers should forward it to upstream for getting a fix from
upstream.

If there is no fix for Django available in time for the stretch release,
the problem should be noted in the release notes (especially if it might
also affect other users of Django) *and* the fix should be delivered to
users in a stretch point release.

> Scott K

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Adrian

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