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

Hi all,

Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.)

We will need to look into the i18n issue (translations to be included from
the old udeb); but let's see how it goes ...


Holger