Hi, Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> (2019-11-29): > For specific reasons (I was unable to build the installer / the netboot > target here locally because I was still on oldstable, for other reasons)
FWIW I'm still running stretch but having schroots around to build whatever needs built in a different environment is rather fine. ;) > I could not test the impacts of reducing the priority to optional. > So my approach was the try-and-error way to simply see what happens > (sorry for my ignorance on this, assuming such approach is acceptable > in this early development stage). I don't think you could realistically double check what happens without hacking your own (possibly partial) archive since priorities in packages are still overridden on the archive side… > Because of some hassle with the Debian archive while processing the > tasksel 3.57 upload (done by nicoo), my tasksel_3.58 upload did not worked as > usual, and 3.58 did not reached unstable until now. > Thus, the 'dropping priority of tasksel to optional' changing did not > reach the daily builds of d-i yet :-(( > > ... I've noticed those problems thanks to questions from Nicolas on the #debian-release IRC channel, that's what got me interested in latest tasksel versions. > Given that I upgraded my machine to Buster last week, there is a new > chance, that I can now give it a try, and test what happens actually > with the latest tasksel changes ... Thinking about this change a little more, even if we were to publish D-I Bullseye Alpha 1 right now, which will be tested to be working… I think once ftp-masters update their overrides, this will break the published Alpha immediately. Instead of rushing a change right now (it's been months without a release already), I think I'll ask them to postpone updating their overrides until we're up for an Alpha 2. Which means we'll have a clear breakage at the timing of our choosing, a way to double check the effects of the bug, and to ensure proposed patches do the work appropriately, instead of implementing things blindly in a hurry, right now. Possible timeframe for another Alpha: once a newer major kernel version hits testing. Cc-ing the submitter back, since Ansgar was requesting the change but might also end up being the one pushing the buttons on the ftp-master side. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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