On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 05:41:25PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote: > On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 03:30:23PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > Note that I have also uploaded 10.6.0-1 in the meantime, which is set > > to migrate to testing tomorrow. I wonder how the two uploads will > > interact with each other. > > It is my understanding that since 10.6.0-1 is a higher version number > than 10.5.0-1.1 the upload from > > https://ftp-master.debian.org/deferred.html > > will be discarded which, given what you write above, sounds like the > right thing to happen.
Thanks for weighing in, Guido. I spent some more time testing the restructuring today, and it seems to behave well. There is still one known issue with transferring conffiles between packages under certain conditions, but I believe that I have a solid plan to deal with that and I just need to implement it. There are probably other smaller issues with dependencies and such, but I think that the overall "shape" of the end result is near-final. The git history is still a complete mess though, and I really need to polish that up before I feel comfortable asking the poor reviewers to wade through it O:-) So, here's my proposal: in two weeks' time, i.e. by September 25, I will upload a version of libvirt that includes both the restructuring and the usr-merge bits to experimental. This upload will not be prepared from the official git repository, but from my own fork. This removes the need to have all changes squeaky-clean and reviewed before we can proceed, and allows us to move forward with whatever I have ready at the time. The idea is that this will give dumat a chance to validate the whole ordeal and ensure that users will not run into file loss scenarios. If any issue is detected, we'll have the opportunity to rectify it; if not, we can feel safer about taking a bit longer to polish and land the restructuring. I will of course endeavor to get the branch in a reviewable shape, or as close to that as possible, before then. Does this plan sound reasonable? -- Andrea Bolognani <e...@kiyuko.org> Resistance is futile, you will be garbage collected.
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