Happy new year! In the mean time, Glenn Strauss and nobody else replied. I intend to proceed with the drafted plan:
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 09:55:34AM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > * lighttpd-modules-mysql: mod_authn_mysql, mod_mysql_vhost, > mod_vhostdb_mysql Glenn Strauss proposed calling the module lighttpd-modules-mariadb. Stefan Bühler said that the functions still call mysql_ and #include <mysql.h>. Therefore the package shall be called lighttpd-modules-mysql. > * lighttpd-modules-ldap: mod_authn_ldap, mod_vhostdb_ldap Proceed. > * lighttpd (base package): mod_access, mod_accesslog, mod_alias, > mod_auth, mod_authn_file, mod_cgi, mod_dirlisting, mod_evasive, > mod_evhost, mod_expire, mod_extforward, mod_fastcgi, > mod_flv_streaming, mod_indexfile, mod_proxy, mod_redirect, > mod_rewrite, mod_rrdtool, mod_scgi, mod_secdownload, mod_setenv, > mod_simple_vhost, mod_sockproxy, mod_ssi, mod_staticfile, mod_status, > mod_uploadprogress, mod_userdir, mod_usertrack, mod_vhostdb, > mod_wstunnel Keep. > * The modules mod_authn_gssapi, mod_cml, mod_geoip, mod_magnet, > mod_trigger_b4_dl and mod_webdav presently have their own binary > packages and they each have significant library piles. Maybe it is > best to leave these as is. Keep. > * The remaining modules are mod_compress, mod_deflate and mod_openssl. > These pull zlib1g, libbz2-1.0 and libssl1.1. At least the first two > are transitively essential already and mod_openssl seems to be very > popular, so it likely is best to leave them with the main binary > package. Keep these with the main lighttpd base package. Rationale: While splitting out mod_openssl is an interesting idea in future, doing so will become easier once lighttpd gains Provides. Presently splitting does not bear a benefit as lighttpd itself calls RAND_poll from openssl, so the dependency will be kept anyway. This is not a final "no". We'll create lighttpd-mod-openssl now as a virtual package. People can start depending on it. > Then Stefan and Glenn proposed adding new modules: > * mod_vhostdb_dbi > * mod_vhostdb_pgsql > * mod_authn_pam > * mod_authn_sasl Given Stefans and Glenns input, I think adding four binary packages is a reasonable tradeoff. I'll look into adding them. Therefore my plan is: * Add lighttpd-mod-* Provides. * Add lighttpd-modules-mysql. * Add transitional dummy packages lighttpd-mod-authn-mysql lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost. * Add lighttpd-modules-ldap. * Add transitional dummy package lighttpd-mod-autn-ldap. * Add real packages lighttpd-mod-vhostdb-dbi, lighttpd-mod-vhostdb-pgsql, lighttpd-mod-authn-pam, lighttpd-mod-authn-sasl. * lighttpd Recommends all modules that it formerly included and puts up a NEWS.Debian explaining the split. I intend to perform these (and only these) changes in experimental, give it a brief testing period and then push them to unstable. After buster: * Drop transitional dummy packages. * Demote Recommends to Suggests. For buster, we'll gain 6 binary packages. After buster, we drop 2. Other changes (that do not add binary packages) can be performed on unstable in parallel. Please raise objections quickly. Helmut
