Hello, On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 07:30:22PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 04:16:25PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 03:15:14PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > > > 1. upload to stretch, upgrade wuiet to stretch > > > > > > I plan to upgrade wuiet to stretch during debconf, but not before. Note > > > anyway that going through stretch means waiting for the next point > > > release. > > > > I don't believe waiting for the next point release would be so bad > > anyway. It probably means less than 2 months, this change waited for > > quite longer… > > Also, couldn't you install it from stretch-pu? > > > > > > 3. upload to stretch-bpo, upgrade wuiet to stretch > > > > > > That also works and might be faster. It means we need to try to keep as > > > much as possible the interface unchanged to not get any breakage. > > > > That, and it would need be kept up to date in backports to comply with > > backport's rules. > > > > > > Overall I think that 1 is the best choice for everything, but then it > > comes down to Ralf's willingness to take out the fixing commit and to a > > stable update (and RM acceptance of it), and pkg-perl's willingness to > > wait for the next point release. > > Oh, we aren't in any particular hurry though I'd obviously like it to > happen early enough for buster :) There's also #867081 to fix before we > can reinstate the versioned Provides in perl anyway.
OK, I will go for the next stretch point release. Cheers -Ralf.
