Re: Re-planning for 12.6

2024-04-20 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 05:41:13PM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: >On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 10:58:41PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Hiya! >> >> Not wanting to pester *too* much, but where are we up to? >> > >Right now I can still have 27th April on the cards

Re: Debian

2024-04-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
way. > >nvi adds to the subversive ones, with bash, etc. What on earth do you mean by "subversive" here?? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hid

Re: Re-planning for 12.6

2024-04-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hiya! Not wanting to pester *too* much, but where are we up to? On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 10:53:49PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 01:07:27PM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: >>Hi, >> >>As we had to postpone 12.6, let's look at alternative dates. >>

Re: Re-planning for 12.6

2024-04-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
weekend in the UK > Works for me. >May 11th >- Should work for me Nope, already booked for that Saturday. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user' as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver." -- Daniel Pead

Re: Upcoming stable point release (12.6)

2024-03-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
d-updates will be frozen during the preceeding weekend. > >Due to recent events, the point release has been postponed. A new date >will be announced when possible. ACK, thanks for the update -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Google-bait:

Re: Planning for 12.6

2024-02-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 06:04:17PM +, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: >Hi, > >12.6 should be around 10th April, so please indicate availability for: > >7 April >13 April >20 April Any of those should work for me, assuming (re Adam) that you mean 6 April and not 7 April

Re: please, help to get the image write done, due to an error. Thank you!

2024-02-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
lled with version 12.4.1. Where did you get this image from? What exact errors is the image writer program reporting? Without that information it's very difficult to help you. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com < sladen> I actually stayed

Re: /usr-move: Do we support upgrades without apt?

2023-12-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
einstall the whole system? > >(maybe this should be in a bug against release-notes) Maybe a wrapper script to just report likely problems would be a good plan. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control.

Re: Planning for 12.5/11.9

2023-12-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
Saturday 3rd February (preferred for cadence) > Saturday 10th February > Saturday 17th February Any of those *should* be OK for me. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.

Re: FTBFS: tests fail in clean environment

2023-11-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 09:20:37AM -0500, Nicolas Mora wrote: >Hello, > >On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:30:31 +0000 Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Source: libssh2 >> Version: 1.9.0-2 >> Severity: serious >> Tags: ftbfs patch >> >> Hi! >> >> Building

Re: Planning for 12.3

2023-11-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 11:28:21AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >Argh, forgot to respond to this. :-( > >On Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 06:59:03PM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: >>Hi, >> >>The next point release for bookworm should be around the end of November >>2023.

Re: Planning for 12.3

2023-10-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
oth of those currently look feasible for me. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English h

Re: 11.8/12.2 planning

2023-08-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
ailability for those three. 23rd and 7th are fine, 30th may be more awkward for me. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user' as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver." -- Daniel Pead

Re: 11.8/12.2 planning

2023-06-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
; 7 Oct > >I should be able to make any of those work for the installer team, and >optionally for the images team. 23rd and 7th are fine, 30th may be more awkward for me. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Getting a SCSI chain working is pe

Re: 11.8 planning

2023-06-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
y September, then 11.9+12.3 Novemberish. >> > >Yes, I had forgotten about the transition to oldstable candece. I was going >to suggest, though, that 11.8 gets pushed back to cadence with 12.2 and we >just do 12.1 on its own first. How does that sound? WFM. -- Steve McI

Re: 11.8 planning

2023-06-20 Thread Steve McIntyre
; >Two months from 29th April is around the 1st July, so I propose: > >1st July >8th July >15th July at a push > > >1: a shame that joke hasn't worked for some years now 1st July is out for me, but I can do the others fine. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: 12.1 planning

2023-06-20 Thread Steve McIntyre
refer to get 11.8 done earlier and leave more time for 12.1 to mature. All of those work for me. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "I used to be the first kid on the block wanting a cranial implant, now I want to be the first with a cranial firewall. " -- Charlie Stross

Bug#1036656: unblock: grub2/2.06-13

2023-05-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
/changelog grub2-2.06/debian/changelog --- grub2-2.06/debian/changelog 2023-04-21 13:30:26.0 +0100 +++ grub2-2.06/debian/changelog 2023-04-23 20:55:54.0 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,35 @@ +grub2 (2.06-13) unstable; urgency=medium + + [ Steve McIntyre ] + * When *also* installing

Bug#1034763: unblock: grub2/2.06-12

2023-04-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock Please unblock package grub2 We've pulled in some really important fixes for GRUB, that I think are important and should definitely be part of the bookworm release: * Fix an issue where

Re: 11.7 planning + bookworm planning

2023-04-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 09:13:40PM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: >Hi all, > >Let's book June 10 as the bookworm release date. A more formal announcement >will follow. \o/ -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Getting a SCSI chain working

Re: 11.7 planning + bookworm planning

2023-04-20 Thread Steve McIntyre
CD testing >elbrus- 10, 24release team >adsb - 10, 17, 24release team Sledge - 10, 17, 24images team -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Is there anybody out there?

Re: 11.7 planning + bookworm planning

2023-04-20 Thread Steve McIntyre
ailability, although it would be real great if >we had them. Unfortunately, the other person on the images team who has the knowledge to do a release (Andy) is also away - we're on the same vacation! May 27 and June 3 are both out for that reason. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: 11.7 planning + bookworm planning

2023-03-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
ds in >a row? Definitely *not* two weekends on the run, please! >On 17-03-2023 15:59, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 11:26:00AM +0100, Paul Gevers wrote: >> > So, shall we add availability for May too? 6th, 13th, 20th (Ascension >> > weekend), and 27th (coin

Re: 11.7 planning + bookworm planning

2023-03-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
etails). > >So, shall we add availability for May too? 6th, 13th, 20th (Ascension >weekend), and 27th (coincides with DebianReunionHamburg)? I could do the 6th and 13th, but I'm away on vacation 20th and 27th (and 3rd June). -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: 11.7 planning

2023-03-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
t (probably too >soon), 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th. I think I'm clear for any of: 8th 22nd 29th -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Google-bait: https://www.debian.org/CD/free-linux-cd Debian does NOT ship free CDs. Please do NOT contact t

Bug#1032849: unblock: shim/15.7-1 (etc.)

2023-03-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-...@lists.debian.org Hi! Please unblock our stack of shim and shim-signed packages. We finally have new signed shim binaries and there's a lot of major bugfixes

Re: bookworm release date?

2023-03-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
ye at >the same time, unless Steve tells me that's a bad plan. :-) :-) I uploaded the latest signed shim last night expressly to have it in the next bullseye point release. Do you want an unblock for that? I'm also looking at some (small!) updates for grub too. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge

Re: bookworm release date?

2023-02-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
uite a few RC bugs yet. Now we have a working arm64 shim, I suspect there will be a little more work needed to validate arm64 SB; I think we might be missing some needed patches there. Maybe 3-4 weeks for grub stuff altogether . -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com You lock the door And throw away the key There's someone in my head but it's not me

Bug#1031361: unblock: grub2/2.06-8

2023-02-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 07:16:18PM +0100, Sebastian Ramacher wrote: >On 2023-02-15 17:16:46 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Package: release.debian.org >> Severity: normal >> User: release.debian@packages.debian.org >> Usertags: unblock >> >> Hey fol

Bug#1031361: unblock: grub2/2.06-8

2023-02-15 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock Hey folks! Please unblock package grub2 We have a slew of bug fixes that we want in bookworm: * Fix an issue in an f2fs security fix which caused mount failures. Closes: #1021846.

Re: Shim and secure boot status, leading up to bookworm

2023-01-25 Thread Steve McIntyre
orm. HTH! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com “Why do people find DNS so difficult? It’s just cache invalidation and naming things.” -– Jeff Waugh (https://twitter.com/jdub)

Re: Shim and secure boot status, leading up to bookworm

2023-01-25 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hey Antonio, On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 04:17:50PM -0300, Antonio Terceiro wrote: >On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 06:11:45PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >> The MS and cert issues are now both resolved, and I'm now working on a >> shim *15.7* upload. There's a little more w

Shim and secure boot status, leading up to bookworm

2023-01-25 Thread Steve McIntyre
ing factor here: *such* new machines may already reject our older signed binaries anyway. We're stuck in a bad situation here I'm afraid; I think the only sensible way is forward, applying NX patches as soon as they're ready. Thoughts? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge,

Re: YA Grub update for bullseye (and buster!)

2022-12-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 03:22:13PM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: >Hi Steve, > >On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 02:47:59PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 08:36:50AM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: >> >Hi Steve, >> >On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at

Re: YA Grub update for bullseye (and buster!)

2022-12-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 05:01:47PM +, Adam Barratt wrote: >On Thu, 2022-12-08 at 14:47 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 08:36:50AM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: >> > Hi Steve, >> > On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 12:15:57AM

Re: YA Grub update for bullseye (and buster!)

2022-12-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 08:36:50AM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: >Hi Steve, >On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 12:15:57AM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >> * Buster just needs another upload to buster-security, I believe? > >Yes exactly, let me know if you need help with the

YA Grub update for bullseye (and buster!)

2022-12-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
-security, I believe? * What's the preferred way to go for Bullseye, given we're just about to do another point release? Should I go down the security path or just upload straight to bullseye and go via s-p-u? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com

Re: 11.6 planning

2022-11-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
a work trip on the 1st and 2nd, due back home sometime on the 3rd. I could do a release, but I'd be starting later than normal. Maybe Andy could start it and I'd catch up with him when I'm back. I'm busy on the evening of the 10th, but we can work around that if needed. The 17th looks clear and hence

Bug#1020224: bullseye-pu: package grub2/2.06-3~deb11u2

2022-09-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
debdiff: diff -Nru grub2-2.06/debian/changelog grub2-2.06/debian/changelog --- grub2-2.06/debian/changelog 2022-08-01 20:26:34.0 +0100 +++ grub2-2.06/debian/changelog 2022-09-14 23:40:50.0 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +grub2 (2.06-3~deb11u2) bullseye; urgency=high + + [ Steve McIntyre

Re: Analysis: mismatched shim* packages vs. debian-installer (opu/pu)

2022-09-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
m/shim.efi.signed, from the shim-signed binary, but >copying it under a different name in the build tree: > > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/-/blob/20210731+deb11u5/build/util/efi-image#L147-148 > > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer

Bug#1016672: bullseye-pu: package grub2/2.06-3~deb11u1

2022-08-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: bullseye User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu Hey folks, This is the current upstream version of grub2 (2.06), built for bullseye as an upgrade path from 2.04-20. I know we normally don't want to do this kind of thing, but I

Bug#1016671: buster-pu: package grub2/2.06-3~deb10u1

2022-08-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: buster User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu Hey folks, This is the current upstream version of grub2 (2.06), built for buster as an upgrade path from 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4. I know we normally don't want to do this kind of

Re: buster EOL (10.13) and 11.5 planning

2022-07-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
ions on whether we should >do them at the same time or separately. Happy to do a double release on 20/08 or 10/09, or a single release or 03/09. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com “Why do people find DNS so difficult? It’s just cache inv

Bug#1016179: bullseye-pu: package shim/15.6-1~deb11u1

2022-07-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: bullseye User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu This is a new upstream version of shim, built for bullseye. This is needed for better handling of SBAT-based revocations, plus a range of security updates from upstream. See

Bug#1016178: buster-pu: package shim/15.6-1~deb10u1

2022-07-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: buster User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu This is a new upstream version of shim, built for buster. This is needed for better handling of SBAT-based revocations, plus a range of security updates from upstream. See attached

Bug#1016176: Acknowledgement (buster-pu: package mokutil/0.3.0+1538710437.fb6250f-1)

2022-07-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
Control: retitle -1 buster-pu: package mokutil/0.6.0-2~deb10u1 Gah, forgot to set the version when using reportbug :-( -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Managing a volunteer open source project is a lot like herding kittens, except the ki

Bug#1016177: bullseye-pu: package mokutil/0.6.0-2~deb11u1

2022-07-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: bullseye User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu This is a new upstream version of mokutil, built for bullseye. We need this new version to add support for managing SBAT, the new way to revoke things with UEFI Secure Boot. This

Bug#1016176: buster-pu: package mokutil/0.3.0+1538710437.fb6250f-1

2022-07-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: buster User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu This is a new upstream version of mokutil, built for buster. We need this new version to add support for managing SBAT, the new way to revoke things with UEFI Secure Boot. This is

Re: 11.4 planning

2022-06-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
e rather than two. * We have some secure-boot related updates that have not yet filtered through for buster and bullseye. We're working on stuff for bullseye now, but buster may take a little bit longer yet. I'd prefer the 9th if possible. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: 11.3 and 10.12 planning

2022-03-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
t;- March 26th >- April 2nd >- April 9th The 19th is awkward for me (and Andy S!) - prior commitments. The others look OK for me. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Armed with "Valor": "Centurion" represents quality of Disc

Re: Bug#1000239: Rescue system won't find root partition, but insists on /usr

2021-12-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Dec 04, 2021 at 10:42:29PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Sat, Dec 04, 2021 at 11:37:28PM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >>Le 03/12/2021 à 22:08, Nicholas D Steeves a écrit : >>> >>> >>> c) parse /target/etc/fstab, and attempt to mount other parti

Re: Bug#1000239: Rescue system won't find root partition, but insists on /usr

2021-12-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
/boot/efi, >so why couldn't it do for separate /usr too ? That's exactly what I'm about to do. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Managing a volunteer open source project is a lot like herding kittens, except the kittens randomly appear and di

Re: 11.2 planning

2021-11-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
r 18th 4th December is a no-go for me, but the 11th and 18th look OK. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Further comment on how I feel about IBM will appear once I've worked out whether they're being malicious or incompetent. Capital letters ar

Re: Debian 11 images for AWS m6i instances

2021-10-14 Thread Steve McIntyre
to ask about this is the debian-cloud list (in CC). -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "When C++ is your hammer, everything looks like a thumb." -- Steven M. Haflich

Re: 11.1 and 10.11 planning]

2021-09-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
9/2021 20:14, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 07:04:11PM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for the responses everyone. Mark indicated on IRC that he'd be > > happy to be ftpmaster-du-jour on any of the dates. > > > > On Mo

Re: 11.1 and 10.11 planning

2021-09-14 Thread Steve McIntyre
hole process? (In which >case we would need all teams available for multiple dates.) I'm happy either way, I think Andy was less sure in the case that we got him to do both? :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Further comment on how I fe

Re: 11.1 and 10.11 planning

2021-09-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
t;make sure everything's ready, etc. >October 2nd - OK for me >October 9th - OK for me >October 16th - OK for me At this point I'm free for all of those weekends. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com “Why do people find DNS so difficult? It’

Bug#991804: unblock: debian-cd/3.1.25

2021-08-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
+1,15 @@ +debian-cd (3.1.35) unstable; urgency=medium + + [ Steve McIntyre ] + * Add brltty and espeakup to all images from netinst up, for blind +users. Closes: #678065 + + [ Cyril Brulebois ] + * Add script to generate firmware metadata from appdata metadata, +and use it when building

Re: Finding a tentative bullseye release date

2021-07-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
wife has plans for us that evening. >28 August (DebConf) > RT: elbrus Debian UK BBQ, argh >4 September > RT: elbrus Works fine for me >11 September: > RT: elbrus That's the week of my wedding anniversary, I'll be on VAC. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridg

Bug#990932: unblock: udpkg/1.20

2021-07-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
, to fix lintian tag. + + [ Cyril Brulebois ] + * Remove Christian Perrier from Uploaders, with many thanks for all +his contributions over the years! (Closes: #927557) + + [ Steve McIntyre ] + * Add locking for the status file, so parallel udpkg invocations +will not break the world

Bug#990453: unblock: fwupd/1.5.7-4

2021-06-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock Please unblock package fwupd fwupd and the matching signed packages need updating to match the latest SB requirements (new keys, SBAT, etc.) and there are also a couple of patches from the

Re: Finding a tentative bullseye release date

2021-06-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
ek. >17 July: Hard Freeze & confirmation of the release date >31 July: ** tentative ** release date Cool, works for me. Pencilled into my calendar now. :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com < sladen> I actually stayed in a

Re: 10.10 planning

2021-05-30 Thread Steve McIntyre
mongst) the following: > >Saturday June 12th >Saturday June 19th >Saturday June 26th > >The 12th is doable, but means we have to freeze next weekend; on that >basis I have a personal preference for the 19th, although I realise >that it's further out of cadence. 12th and 19th

Re: Finding a tentative bullseye release date

2021-05-30 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 09:09:28AM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: >On 30-05-2021 06:35, Donald Norwood wrote: >> On 5/29/21 9:12 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: >>> On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 10:17:55PM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: >>>> Assuming all goes well >>>> with RC2

Re: Finding a tentative bullseye release date

2021-05-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
d now are handled >correctly across as many different machines as possible. If anybody has >better ideas than the wiki page that kibi suggested in his e-mail below, >then let us know. Otherwise I'll probably see if I can set up something >like that shortly. > >Paul -- Steve McIntyre, Ca

Re: Finding a tentative bullseye release date

2021-04-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
he >following work for you and do you have any preference? >- May 1 >- May 8 >- May 15 >- May 22 >- May 29 So far I'm available for all of those weekends, but for selfish reasons I'd prefer not to be busy on the weekend of the 29th. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: 10.9 planning

2021-03-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 05:18:43PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: >On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 04:14:31PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> In fact, how about: we *could* go ahead with the 10.9 point release as >> already planned, and expect to do a 10.10 a couple of weeks later with >

Re: 10.9 planning

2021-03-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 04:07:59PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 12:24:45PM +, Adam Barratt wrote: >>Hi Steve, >> >>On Fri, 2021-03-19 at 11:42 +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >>> Houston, we have a problem. I know that you've announced the

Re: 10.9 planning

2021-03-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 12:24:45PM +, Adam Barratt wrote: >Hi Steve, > >On Fri, 2021-03-19 at 11:42 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Houston, we have a problem. I know that you've announced the 27th for >> the point release, but we're not going to have a new shim ready for

Re: 10.9 planning

2021-03-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hey folks, On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 02:36:47PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 12:33:15PM +, Adam Barratt wrote: >>Hi, >> >>It's that time again, when we should look at organising the next point >>release. >> >>Please could

Re: 10.9 planning

2021-03-15 Thread Steve McIntyre
rd >- April 10th > >I'd prefer to avoid April 10th if possible, for slightly selfish >reasons. :-) Any of those are possible, but I'#d much prefer the 27th if possible. The 3rd is Easter weekend, and I do have tentative plans. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: referencing cloud images in bullseye release notes

2021-03-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
e some pages talking about the different cloud and container images too. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt

Bug#981381: nmu: cdebootstrap_0.7.7+b13

2021-01-30 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: binnmu Hey folks, I've removed the hardcoded READSIZE limitation in libdebian-installer and uploaded that in version 0.121. To also fix this bug in cdebootstrap-static we'll need to binNMU this

Bug#980458: buster-pu: package debian-installer-utils/1.132+deb10u1

2021-01-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
upload + + [ Steve McIntyre ] + * Backport from unstable: +list-devices-linux: Support partitions on USB UAS devices +Closes: #980455 + + -- Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org> Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:49:06 + + debian-installer-utils (1.132) unstable; urgency=high * Team upload dif

Re: 10.8 planning

2021-01-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
next weekend, so a >bit tight) >- February 6th > >My personal preference would be the 6th. Either works for me, with a slight preference for the 30th. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "War does not determine who is right - only who is left." -- Bertrand Russell

Bug#975425: buster-pu: package efivar/32-2+deb10u1

2020-11-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hey Adam, On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 08:52:20PM +, Adam Barratt wrote: >Control: tags -1 + confirmed > >Hi, > >On Sun, 2020-11-22 at 02:54 +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> I'd like to upload a stable update for efivar, with two (sets of) >> fixes backported from

Bug#975425: buster-pu: package efivar/32-2+deb10u1

2020-11-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
possible + segfault. ++ Add support for nvme-fabrics and nvme-subsystem devices. Closes: + #975417 + + -- Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org> Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:03:59 + + efivar (37-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Cherry-pick fix from upstream: diff -Nru efivar-37/debian/p

Re: 10.7 planning

2020-10-30 Thread Steve McIntyre
availability, and any preferences, for >the following: > >- November 21st >- November 28th >- December 5th All are workable for me, with a slight pref for *not* the 28th. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Since phone messaging

Re: 10.6 planning

2020-09-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
slight. Ditto - slight preference for the 26th/27th but I can do either so far. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...

10.5.0 images published

2020-08-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
that means it will not work on these Gnome images (both amd64 and i386). It works fine for the other live images. [1] https://www.debian.org/security/2020-GRUB-UEFI-SecureBoot/ -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com < Aardvark> I dislike C++ to s

Re: stretch EOL point release (9.13) and 10.5 planning

2020-07-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 10:12:41PM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: >On Sun, 2020-07-12 at 15:35 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: >> Hi Steve, >> >> On Sun, 2020-07-12 at 12:46 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> > Argh, massive apologies... >> > >> > On Thu

Re: Optional Build-Depends

2020-07-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
az? and > not have to update the dep each time libfoo appears on a new > arch. (apply argument to longer recursive chains) Hmmm. What happens if a build-dep is transiently not available? How can you guarantee controllable, predictable behaviour? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: stretch EOL point release (9.13) and 10.5 planning

2020-07-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
of that weekend after all. As Stretch EOL is already a thing, can I suggest that we keep that to plan and push back the Buster 10.5 release a little? Sorry. :-/ -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed?

Bug#964589: buster-pu: package fwupd/1.2.5-2

2020-07-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 12:25:05PM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: >Control: tags -1 + confirmed > >Thanks. Please go ahead. In incoming now, cheers! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to

Bug#964588: stretch-pu: package fwupd/0.7.4-2

2020-07-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
now. Thanks! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, A state of bliss

Bug#964589: buster-pu: package fwupd/1.2.5-2

2020-07-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 11:04:02AM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: >Hi Steve, > >On Thu, 2020-07-09 at 10:27 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> We'd like to push an update for fwupd in Buster. It's not as far out >> of date as that in Stretch, but it's starting to show its age an

Bug#964588: stretch-pu: package fwupd/0.7.4-2

2020-07-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 11:03:22AM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: >Hi Steve, > >On Thu, 2020-07-09 at 10:20 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> We'd like to push an update into the last stretch point release for >> fwupd. The last version in stretch (0.7.4-2) is now considere

Bug#964589: buster-pu: package fwupd/1.2.5-2

2020-07-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: buster User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu Hi folks, Similarly again for Buster... We'd like to push an update for fwupd in Buster. It's not as far out of date as that in Stretch, but it's starting to show its age and

Bug#964588: stretch-pu: package fwupd/0.7.4-2

2020-07-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: stretch User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu Hi folks, We'd like to push an update into the last stretch point release for fwupd. The last version in stretch (0.7.4-2) is now considered so old that it's (a) not really

Re: RFC: Clean-up of old kernel ABIs at point releases

2020-07-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
cd will just ignore all but the most recent version of the packages involved. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray

Bug#962982: buster-pu: package jigdo/0.7.3-5

2020-06-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 07:15:22AM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: >Control: tags -1 + confirmed > >On Tue, 2020-06-16 at 22:15 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> I'd like to push a tiny update into buster for jigdo please. The >> existing version in buster doesn't support https

Bug#962982: buster-pu: package jigdo/0.7.3-5

2020-06-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
:54:52.0 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +jigdo (0.7.3-5+deb10u1) buster; urgency=medium + + * Backport more upstream changes to make jigdo-lite and jigdo-mirror +support https. Closes: #962776 + + -- Steve McIntyre <93...@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2020 21:54:52 +0100 + jigdo (0.7.3-5) un

Re: stretch EOL point release (9.13) and 10.5 planning

2020-06-15 Thread Steve McIntyre
e for me, with a slight preference for the second weekend. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt

Re: 10.4 planning

2020-04-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
l 25th >- May 2nd >- May 9th All of those dates look fine for me, with my busy social calendar atm. The first would have clashed with the Aberdeen miniconf, but well... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "We're the technical experts. We wer

Bug#951146: buster-pu: package rootskel/1.131+10u1

2020-03-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 08:32:52PM +, Adam Barratt wrote: >Control: tags -1 + confirmed > >On Tue, 2020-02-11 at 16:47 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> We released buster with a new feature in d-i: support for running d-i >> on multiple consoles. This is very useful on som

Bug#951146: buster-pu: package rootskel/1.131+10u1

2020-02-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
+++ rootskel-1.131+10u1/debian/changelog2020-02-11 16:33:42.0 + @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +rootskel (1.131+10u1) buster; urgency=medium + + [ Steve McIntyre ] + * Backport fix from unstable: +Tweak how multiple consoles are used. If we detect that we're +trying to run using

Re: buster-ignore for armel/armhf alignment bugs?

2020-01-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
ter, I'd recommend switching to either the existing 32-bit build machines or VMs running 32-bit kernels. I think we should have enough hardware coverage to be able to do that. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "The whole problem with the

Re: Planning 10.3 and 9.12

2020-01-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
gt;- January 25th Possible, but not ideal for me. >- February 1st No chance, that's FOSDEM weekend. :-) >- February 8th >- February 15th Possible. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Managing a volunteer open source project is a lot like herd

Bug#947038: buster-pu: package libburn/1.5.0-1

2020-01-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 05:32:13PM +, Adam Barratt wrote: >Control: tags -1 + confirmed > >On Thu, 2019-12-19 at 19:35 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> We'd like to add a stable update for libburn to fix an important bug >> in cdrskin. 1.5.0-1 (currently in Buster) currentl

Bug#947038: buster-pu: package libburn/1.5.0-1

2019-12-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: buster User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu Hi folks, We'd like to add a stable update for libburn to fix an important bug in cdrskin. 1.5.0-1 (currently in Buster) currently can't burn multi-track audio CDs correctly and

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