Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.120 Severity: serious Justification: RoM Hi,
It seems my comments in [1] were ignored, so filing an RC bug to make sure this is tracked at least by the BTS and britney. 1. https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2020/03/msg00103.html The latest batch of bug reports filed by Johannes 'josch' Schauer seems to confirm my initial assessment: this will break (too) many use cases (#953404, #953588, #953593, #953594, #953617). Right now, my current plan would be: - creating a branch called “mandatory-security-support” (or something similar) at 1.0.121, so that people wanting to turn that into something suitable can try to do so, but I'm still unconvinced even having that as an option (disabled by default) would be appropriate, for all the problems that can come up when trying to drive apt. - remove support in master entirely, for the time being. Rationale for plain removal is: we need to be able to upload debootstrap with bugfixes, without having to suffer from all the side effects coming from that recent change. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
