Bug#718272: Processed: reopening 718272
close 718272 thanks Quoting Moritz Mühlenhoff (2021-01-27 20:03:40) > reopen 718272 > thx > > Reopening. The reasons are listed in the bug log and were given by > the upstream developers. If you want to provide it to bullseye > stable users, get it into fasttrack.debian.net. Thanks for sharing your interpretation of the state of this bug, and for suggesting how to maintain this package. I disagree with both the interpretation and the suggestion, however. Closing, reflecting my views on this bug as package maintainer. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private signature.asc Description: signature
Bug#718272: Processed: reopening 718272
reopen 718272 thx Reopening. The reasons are listed in the bug log and were given by the upstream developers. If you want to provide it to bullseye stable users, get it into fasttrack.debian.net. Cheers, Moritz
Bug#718272: Processed: reopening 718272
FWIW, I brought this up at our weekly developer meeting, and there was also another concern about apt upgrades across softforks: It could be problematic to not deploy a softfork, and problematic to deploy one without the user's consent. I think I recall Debian has a way for packages to interactively prompt the user during upgrade. Maybe if softforks were turned into a runtime option, that could resolve that issue. What do you think? For reference, the meeting log: https://bitcoin.jonasschnelli.ch/ircmeetings/logs/bitcoin-core-dev/2021/bitcoin-core-dev.2021-01-07-19.00.moin.txt Luke On Thursday 07 January 2021 18:24:39 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Luke Dashjr (2021-01-07 18:26:43) > > > We (upstream) already elaborated many years ago, copied here: > > > > http://luke.dashjr.org/tmp/code/20130723-linux-distribution-packaging-and > >-bitcoin.md.asc > > > > At a minimum, to be safe, Debian would need to: > > > > 1) Either: > > 1a) Build with the bundled LevelDB statically linked. > > 1b) Guarantee LevelDB package remains consensus-compatible, including NOT > > fixing any bugs without a proper consensus-compatibility audit. > > 2) Backport (at least) security fixes for Debian's security support > > period. Upstream, we generally only maintain releases for a year or so at > > most. > > Thanks for your input on upstream position on this matter, Luke, and in > particular this condensed summary. It is helpful for Debian to make its > decision. > > > - Jonas
Bug#718272: Processed: reopening 718272
Quoting Luke Dashjr (2021-01-07 18:26:43) > We (upstream) already elaborated many years ago, copied here: > > http://luke.dashjr.org/tmp/code/20130723-linux-distribution-packaging-and-bitcoin.md.asc > > At a minimum, to be safe, Debian would need to: > > 1) Either: > 1a) Build with the bundled LevelDB statically linked. > 1b) Guarantee LevelDB package remains consensus-compatible, including NOT > fixing any bugs without a proper consensus-compatibility audit. > 2) Backport (at least) security fixes for Debian's security support period. >Upstream, we generally only maintain releases for a year or so at most. Thanks for your input on upstream position on this matter, Luke, and in particular this condensed summary. It is helpful for Debian to make its decision. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private signature.asc Description: signature
Bug#718272: Processed: reopening 718272
We (upstream) already elaborated many years ago, copied here:
http://luke.dashjr.org/tmp/code/20130723-linux-distribution-packaging-and-bitcoin.md.asc
At a minimum, to be safe, Debian would need to:
1) Either:
1a) Build with the bundled LevelDB statically linked.
1b) Guarantee LevelDB package remains consensus-compatible, including NOT
fixing any bugs without a proper consensus-compatibility audit.
2) Backport (at least) security fixes for Debian's security support period.
Upstream, we generally only maintain releases for a year or so at most.
Luke
On Thursday 07 January 2021 13:51:50 Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Quoting Debian Bug Tracking System (2020-12-27 19:33:02)
>
> > Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org:
> > > reopen 718272
> >
> > Bug #718272 {Done: Jonas Smedegaard } [src:bitcoin]
> > upstream does not support stable releases (block migration to testing)
> > Bug reopened
> > Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #718272 to the same
> > values previously set
> >
> > > thanks
> >
> > Stopping processing here.
> >
> > Please contact me if you need assistance.
>
> I consider Bitcoin suitable for release with stable Debian.
>
> If seciurity team or others disagree with that, then please elaborate on
> your concerns.
>
>
> - Jonas
