On Mon, 12 May 2025 at 22:41, Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Luca, > > Luca Boccassi <[email protected]> (2025-05-12): > > In https://release.debian.org/britney/hints/freeze I see: > > > > block-udeb systemd > > block-udeb systemd-udeb > > > > but the first one should no longer be there, right? Would it be > > possible to amend it, please? > > Absolutely: > > commit c6faf50ca3228b81d680f06a98ede58c746b5030 (HEAD -> ftp-master) > Author: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> > Date: Mon May 12 21:33:03 2025 +0000 > > freeze_hints: remove systemd > > Thanks to Luca Boccassi for the reminder! > > Link: https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2025/05/msg00119.html > > > Are you maintaining that list yourself, or is it RT, or both, or > > someone else? > > I have a (user, not group/role) crontab that checks whether udeb-producing > packages are missing from that list, and I'm adjusting it after checking > what's happening (I think some mistakes happened, but I couldn't name any > without some research). > > The crontab doesn't check the converse, because dropping udebs is rather > uncommon (unless packages go away entirely, which might or might not > result in some cleanup…). > > Without trying to justify anything, I think I added systemd-udeb at the > time you mentioned you were thinking about then were about to introducing > it, and I didn't remove systemd at the same time because you/I/we weren't > sure about the timing on the NEW side (and the associated binary/binaries > takeover). > > Here's what the git log says, which might confirm/infirm the very vague > recollection above: > > commit 6dbceab050aae1b5f673bab41491f7bca2a9a5d8 > Author: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> > Date: Fri Jan 31 18:33:17 2025 +0000 > > freeze_hints: add systemd-udeb > > If you ever need to look into the history, see etc/freeze_hints in > respighi:/srv/release.debian.org/britney/code/b1 > > > The whole release team has access, I'm usually the one committing stuff > there (at least regarding udebs; freezing/thawing is usually someone else, > see `git shortlog -- etc/freeze_hints` if you're curious.)
Thank you very much for the quick fix and the explanation!

