Am 04.08.2016 um 22:13 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 03.08.2016 um 22:41 schrieb Julien Cristau:
>> On Wed, Aug  3, 2016 at 22:32:16 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>>
>>> Am 29.07.2016 um 23:00 schrieb Michael Biebl:
>>>> Am 29.07.2016 um 14:00 schrieb Julien Cristau:
>>>>> This looks fine in general, I'm just wondering if the effect of bumping
>>>>> the util-linux dependency on upgrades from wheezy was considered/tested?
>>>>
>>>> It was not specifically tested since I didn't expect any breakage
>>>> because of it. But I did it now for a basic wheezy system the upgrade to
>>>> jessie (with the updated systemd packages) worked fine. The tightened
>>>> dep on u-l seems to not cause any issues.
>>>>
>>>> I've attached the typescript from the wheezy → jessie dist-upgrade.
>>>
>>> Is that sufficient or do you still have concerns?
>>>
>> I'm definitely concerned about changing dependencies in the base system
>> in stable, yes.  Is the parallel fsck bug that bad?
> 
> I would really like to include that fsck fix. Parallel fsck on rotating
> disks is bad. It degrades the performance and we had reports from
> concerned users, that their disks made very strange noises when the
> heads where constantly repositioned.
> This doesn't affect SSDs, but I guess HDD are still very common on a
> typical server.

With the 8.6 release being close and no further response, I assume you
still object to this change. I would still like to see the other fixes
land in 8.6, so if you are ok with the other changes, can I proceed with
the upload if I exclude the 'fsck -l' fix?

Michael



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