Re: Request to reset src:mariadb-10.1 to previous known working state in Ubuntu archives

2018-03-15 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
Thanks Robie for your comment. Comments to them below: 2018-03-15 15:47 GMT+02:00 Robie Basak : .. > Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge we don't ever try to make > this kind of revert in the archive because of the knock-on effects it'll > have everywhere else. I

Re: Request to reset src:mariadb-10.1 to previous known working state in Ubuntu archives

2018-03-15 Thread Steve Langasek
Hello, On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 01:47:39PM +, Robie Basak wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 04:23:10PM +0200, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: > > ## Request > > In the name of avoiding a quality catastrophe, please > > - remove from the Ubuntu Bionic repos the source package and all > > binary

Re: Request to reset src:mariadb-10.1 to previous known working state in Ubuntu archives

2018-03-15 Thread Robie Basak
On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 12:01:11AM +0200, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: [I've rearranged the quote ordering to bring common topics together] > I don't think it has unacceptable knock-on effects if reverted. On the > contrary, if not reverted, the knock-on effects will be massive. [...] > And keep the

Re: Request to reset src:mariadb-10.1 to previous known working state in Ubuntu archives

2018-03-15 Thread Robie Basak
Hi Steve, Your reply has made me notice a couple of mistakes in my proposal - thanks. I want to acknowledge them here to minimise confusion for anyone else reading. I've also illustrated an example of what I think is a failed migration case below together with a solution. On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at

Re: Request to reset src:mariadb-10.1 to previous known working state in Ubuntu archives

2018-03-15 Thread Robie Basak
Hi Otto, Thank you for your efforts in resolving this. For the record, I'm not on the Ubuntu release or archive admin teams, but due to my existing involvement in the MySQL/MariaDB packaging team and in Ubuntu I guess it makes sense for me to get involved. On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 04:23:10PM