Re: live-installer update for Bookworm?

Hello Cyril, list,

On 10/04/2023 10:14, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Roland Clobus <[email protected]> (2023-04-10):
>> It turns out that the package 'live-installer' (which is a udeb-only
>> package) in Bookworm still is at version 57 [2], while the fix was
>> released at version 58.
>>
>> Could the package be unblocked?
...
> I asked Jonathan on IRC while preparing RC1 (slightly edited):
> 
>      [ kibi] highvoltage: I don't think you answered my live-installer question?
>      [ highvoltage] kibi: I didn't think it warranted an unblock
>      [ highvoltage] kibi: but if it did for roland's changes then he could file one
>      [ kibi] highvoltage: ok, ta
> 
> Besides the obviously missing `dch -r` call (“Mon, 15 Apr 2019” was
> quite surprising for something uploaded in March 2023), there are lots
> of changes that are nowhere suitable at this stage of the release
> process.

I would guess that the timestamp from 2019 was the moment 
'Fix·typo·in·previous·changelog·entry' was written.

Aside from Janitor, modernisation and lintian corrections, my change was 
the only functionality change in four years (as seen by diffoscope, see 
below).
There is no autopkgtest, but the openQA run for sid shows that the 
change has its intended effect.

If I had known that I would need to file an unblock request, I would 
have done so, but the timing (patch, merge, release) was rather unfortunate.

> That plus Jonathan's answer triggered my deciding against unblocking the
> package on my own (with my d-i release manager hat). That being said, if
> the release team is willing to unblock the package as is, that'd be fine
> with me. I suppose it'll be suggested to cherry-pick the desired
> change(s) and to upload 57+deb12u1 via tpu, or to back out the undesired
> changes and proceed with 59 via unstable. (Both are fine from a d-i
> point of view, as long as the package reaches testing in the end.)

It is certainly not a release critical issue, but I personally find it 
quite annoying to have to wait about 30 minutes for the installation, 
and then to read 'Installation is complete, so it is time to boot into 
your new system', press a key and then wait another 2-3 minutes before 
the reboot is actually performed, while the additional waiting time 
could have been incorporated into the longer non-interactive phase.

With kind regards,
Roland

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dget 
https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/live-installer/live-installer_57.dsc
dget 
https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/live-installer/live-installer_58.dsc
diffoscope live-installer-57 live-installer-58 --html 
live-installer-57vs58.html

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