Adeodato Simó <[email protected]> writes: > Hello, > > this is a very late follow-up, but apparently just in time, to [1]. I'm > very sorry about the delay (though I never got the follow-up Otavio > promised). Here's a draft of what I think is needed, we'd appreciate if > you (-boot) could go over it, both the general lines and the details, > and tell us whether you belive it to be complete and enough. > > [1]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2008/09/msg01266.html
Hey, we talked about it at IRC once or twice IIRC... I've started working at the script to mark safe and non-safe build-depends but didn't finished it. > The easy part is the handling of udeb-providing packages: we we'll just > wait, as usual, for d-i RM ack/nack before unblocking. If an update > *must* get through, and d-i RM acks it, we'll just copy the previous > version to a special suite as it was done in Etch. (We will copy the > source and the udeb only, not the regular packages. This is what was > done in Etch, and it makes sense that is correct. Please speak up if > it's not.) > > Now, for the less easy part: code that gets embedded. Steve Langasek has > kindly provided us with an initial draft for the list of packages that > should be checked [2]. This is a subset of D-I's build-dependencies, > those where he knew the requirement applied. (His list included m68k > packages, I've dropped those. He's also unsure about some arm packages, > it'd be great to receive confirmation about them. I also changed > glibc-pic, which is a virtual package, to the ones providing it.) > > [2]: http://minbar.dodds.net/~vorlon/sync-d-i-build-deps.txt Nice. > Please find below the list of those packages with their versions in > testing and unstable. It would be really great if you could check it, > and see if more packages need to be added to it. See below about this. > Regarding those packages not in sync, both arcboot and mkvmlinuz are a > translation-only upload, so I'll unblock them. As for gcc-4.3, I think > 4.3.2-2 is Lenny material, I'll check with doko. > > package | source | testing | unstable | ok > ---------------+---------------+-------------------+-------------------+----- > libgcc1 | gcc-4.3 | 4.3.2-1.1 | 4.3.2-2 | no > mkvmlinuz | mkvmlinuz | 34 | 35 | no > tip22 | arcboot | 0.3.11 | 0.3.12 | no > aboot | aboot | 1.0~pre20040408-3 | 1.0~pre20040408-3 | yes > apex-nslu2 | apex | 1.4.15.2 | 1.4.15.2 | yes > bf-utf-source | bf-utf | 0.05-0.1 | 0.05-0.1 | yes > colo | colo | 1.22-1 | 1.22-1 | yes > elilo | elilo | 3.8-1 | 3.8-1 | yes > genisovh | genisovh | 0.1-3 | 0.1-3 | yes > libc6-pic | glibc | 2.7-18 | 2.7-18 | yes > libc6.1-pic | glibc | 2.7-18 | 2.7-18 | yes > libnewt-pic | newt | 0.52.2-11.3 | 0.52.2-11.3 | yes > libslang2-pic | slang2 | 2.1.3-3 | 2.1.3-3 | yes > nwutil | nwutil | 1.8-2 | 1.8-2 | yes > palo | palo | 1.16+nmu1 | 1.16+nmu1 | yes > sibyl | sibyl | 2.4.2-2 | 2.4.2-2 | yes > slugimage | slugimage | 1:0.0+r104-5 | 1:0.0+r104-5 | yes > sparc-utils | sparc-utils | 1.9-4 | 1.9-4 | yes > syslinux | syslinux | 2:3.71+dfsg-5 | 2:3.71+dfsg-5 | yes > uboot-mkimage | uboot-mkimage | 0.4 | 0.4 | yes > upx-ucl | upx-ucl | 3.01-3 | 3.01-3 | yes > yaboot | yaboot | 1.3.13a-1 | 1.3.13a-1 | yes > > This list is generated directly from ftp-master's database, in what > started as a very simple SQL query, and then got, uhm, less simple. I > did this because it's more effective not to query projectb over http. > The script is attached. The script is quite nice and clear. I believe we could add it in d-i svn to allow us easier updating but where to run it could be discussed after Lenny goes out. > I'm happy to do with this script whatever -boot prefers: run it on > ftp-master for d-i team to use its output, or donate it for you to run > yourselves on merkel (in this case, I volunteer to maintain the SQL > part, and whatever bits are needed; but it wouldn't be difficult to find > more SQL-savy people around in Debian, so it's in now way only > maintenable by me). I'd like to thank you about the offer to maintain the SQL of it. Your script looks very safe and easy to improve. I liked it :-) > Adding packages is just a matter of adding a line to the script. > *Eventually*, I think it would be very good if the list could be > obtained directly from the debian-installer source package. I see that > the build-dependency list for d-i is extensively commented. If you wish, > maybe you could add a line in a pre-defined format that signals "this > build-dependency must be in sync". If you do that, I'd be happy to > extend the script to parse that information. (Or it can be changed to > just accept a list of packages on stdin, and you can parse your > build-dependencies yourselves, as you wish.) I've started to prepare that list and it is still unfinished. I believe we can make it much better for Squeeze and have a nice list of packages that need or not to be in sync. Running current script, from d-i svn, gives: ota...@neumann:~/hacking/d-i/trunk/installer$ ../scripts/check-compliance cpio 2.9-13 2.9-14 - dctrl-tools 2.13.0 2.13.1 - debhelper 7.0.15 7.0.17 - libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 1:4.3.2-2 * mkvmlinuz 34 35 * tip22 0.3.11 0.3.12 * So we're safe... -- O T A V I O S A L V A D O R --------------------------------------------- E-mail: [email protected] UIN: 5906116 GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 Home Page: http://otavio.ossystems.com.br --------------------------------------------- "Microsoft sells you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
