On Thursday, 27 August 2020 3:36:58 AM AEST Helmut Grohne wrote:
> I think everyone else agrees that Provides: systemd is not a good
> technical solution right now.

I agree too.


> Multiple maintainers are affected by the
> resulting breakage. Until a good solution is found, we have a choice of
> breaking one use case versus breaking others. It seems to me that there
> is quite some consensus around not breaking experimental builds right
> now.

Of course.


> For that reason, I have uploaded a NMU dropping the Provides with a two
> day delay.

Thank you for your help.


> I don't see this as a ruling or final decision. It is
> intended as a stop-gap solution to make experimental useable again. It
> is meant to enable a conversation without urgency.

I think conversation really should happen in #959174 instead.
That would be the best solution to #959828 (this bug).


> Multiple people (Adam, Gunnar, myself) have pointed into directions on a
> better technical solution. Please continue the conversation.

The only alternative I see is to pressure php-fpm maintainer to respond
reasonably. All the points I've already highlighted in the following comment:

  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=959828#87


> I'm sorry for the inconvenience this causes to your valid use cases.
> However, I firmly believe that doing so is a good trade-off for the time
> being.

No problem. I appreciate your help. Unfortunately I could not respond
and address this bug in a timely manner.

Thanks again for taking your time with NMU.

-- 
Regards,
 Dmitry Smirnov.

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