Bug#981513: Bug#983478: Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-03-05 Thread Markus Wanner
On 05.03.21 08:55, Glenn Strauss wrote: Yes, I agree that FAM should be dropped. Markus, I do not understand why you were asked to revert the change from gamin back to FAM. Right. Nor has this request been backed up by evidence of a release team decision. To move things forward, I just uplo

Bug#983478: Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-03-04 Thread Glenn Strauss
On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 11:23:41AM +0100, Markus Wanner wrote: > On 03.03.21 09:21, Glenn Strauss wrote: > > If there is any remaining concern about upgrade compatibility, > > ..none from my side. Courier would simply depend on gamin only. I don't > see why that would cause issues during upgrade

Bug#981513: Bug#983478: Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-03-03 Thread Markus Wanner
On 03.03.21 09:21, Glenn Strauss wrote: If there is any remaining concern about upgrade compatibility, ..none from my side. Courier would simply depend on gamin only. I don't see why that would cause issues during upgrades. In Bullseye, change the fam package to import the gamin source, a

Bug#981513: Bug#983478: Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-03-03 Thread Markus Wanner
On 03.03.21 09:01, Glenn Strauss wrote: I did the research in #510368 and #966273, reviewing the actual code and confidentally concluded that FAM can be removed from Bullseye. Thanks for this research. I read through both issues and don't question the general reasoning. However, I clearly d

Bug#981513: Bug#983478: Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-03-03 Thread Glenn Strauss
If there is any remaining concern about upgrade compatibility, how about this: In Bullseye, change the fam package to import the gamin source, and then bump the fam package version number. The fam package would actually be the same as gamin, and upgrades would avoid any packaging system deficienc

Bug#981513: Bug#983478: Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-03-03 Thread Glenn Strauss
On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 08:06:57AM +0100, Markus Wanner wrote: > On 03.03.21 07:02, Glenn Strauss wrote: > > Please replace "libfam-dev" with "libgamin-dev" in debian/control > > > > Also, please replace "gamin | fam" with simply "gamin" for Bullseye. > > I just changed it forth and back. To cha

Bug#983478: Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-03-02 Thread Markus Wanner
On 03.03.21 07:02, Glenn Strauss wrote: Please replace "libfam-dev" with "libgamin-dev" in debian/control Also, please replace "gamin | fam" with simply "gamin" for Bullseye. I just changed it forth and back. To change it again, we need some deeper reasoning than just "please do". Are you c

Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-03-02 Thread Glenn Strauss
Markus, Please replace "libfam-dev" with "libgamin-dev" in debian/control Also, please replace "gamin | fam" with simply "gamin" for Bullseye. Cheers, Glenn

Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-02-17 Thread Markus Wanner
Control: tags -1 + pending On 17.02.21 02:16, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: Given gamin is currently marked as being autoremoved, could you look into replacing libfam-dev/libgamin-dev with inotify in courier? I have passed on the request to replace fam/gamin with inotify: https://sourceforge.net/p

Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-02-17 Thread Markus Wanner
Hello Chris, On 17.02.21 02:16, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: Given gamin is currently marked as being autoremoved, could you look into replacing libfam-dev/libgamin-dev with inotify in courier? thanks for pinging again. Courier does not currently have any support for inotify, AFAICT. I'll rais

Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-02-16 Thread Chris Hofstaedtler
Hello Markus, * Chris Hofstaedtler [210217 01:13]: > Because someone pointed out that Gamin is also not exactly > maintained, it would be great if upstream could directly implement > inotify support. That's going to stay around, hopefully. Given gamin is currently marked as being autoremoved, co

Bug#981513: courier: please replace fam with gamin

2021-01-31 Thread Chris Hofstaedtler
* Chris Hofstaedtler [210131 23:42]: > Source: courier > Version: 1.0.6-1 > > Dear Maintainer, > > your package currently Depends or Build-Depends on fam, which has > been requested to be removed in #966273. Please switch to gamin > instead. You can find more info, and an analysis of what probab