Re: Bug#737658: some notes on util-linux takeover of eject

Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> Mon, 4 May 2020 00:01:06 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.ports.hurd,gmane.linux.debian.devel.boot,gmane.linux.debian.ports.bsd
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Hi,

Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]> (2020-05-03):
> * Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]>:
> > Michael Biebl <[email protected]> (2017-10-24):
>  
> > > But there is one complication: I noticed that eject in util-linux
> > > currently linux only.
> > > 
> > > If we made the udeb linux-any, how would this affect the installer?
> > 
> > It might mean a regression on kfreebsd-* (I don't see an eject-udeb binary
> > on hurd). I'm adding debian-bsd@ and debian-hurd@ in copy.
> > 
> > > KiBi, is this a blocker in your opinion?
> > 
> > While non-Linux issues aren't usually a blocker, I wouldn't welcome a
> > gratuitous breakage there. I'll let porters comment first.
> 
> We didn't hear anything from porters since 2017.
> 
> Would it be a good or a bad time to do the udeb changes soon?

Feel free to go ahead.

(I'd want to see #956612 addressed before the next alpha release, and
I don't know when it's going to happen; as a consequence, I don't have
any specific schedule that could be disrupted by this change.)


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois ([email protected])            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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