On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 10:16:08PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 03:42:14PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 16:36:50 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > Package: perl-base > > > Version: 5.24.1-2 > > > > Technically #786705 is just a harmless warning, but when > > > during a jessie -> stretch upgrade perl-base is upgraded > > > before debconf is upgraded the user might see a lot scary > > > warnings as if something was seriously broken. > > > > > [...] > > > > > > perl-base should add a Breaks: debconf (<< 1.5.57~). > > > > Adding Breaks in a core package a couple of weeks before the release > > sounds like a very, very, very bad idea. > > Indeed it seems too late in the cycle for this. > > Other possible solutions that come to mind: > > - silence the warnings during maintainer scripts, much like > > https://sources.debian.net/src/perl/5.24.1-2/debian/patches/debian/squelch-locale-warnings.diff/ > (but it's late for even this IMO) > > - update debconf in a jessie point release to minimize the impact > (this feels right to me, but won't help the immediate stretch upgraders) > > Cc'ing Colin. What do you think about the latter option?
Agree, the third option looks correct to me, we don't have time for anything else. Cheers, Dominic.
