Hi Paul, Le 02/05/2021 à 21:38, Paul Gevers a écrit :
> But OpenJDK 11.0.11 was uploaded two months ago, when we were still in > the soft freeze. Why didn't you fix openjdk-11-jre-dcevm then? OpenJDK 11.0.11+3 was uploaded in February, but this wasn't a GA release, OpenJDK 11.0.11 was only officially released two weeks ago [1]. DCEVM upstream tends to only track the official releases (I don't think non GA releases of OpenJDK should ever be in testing but that's another debate). So I was in a bind until April 27th when DCEVM was updated, one week after the 11.0.11 GA release. And I filed this unblock request the very same day. > If your package is so tightly tied to the version of openjdk I would > expect mechanisms to be in place to warn you of the upload and to prevent > migration of openjdk-11 in case of breakage. E.g. autopkgtest is very > well suited to prevent the migration because it's integrated with our > migration software. Having an autopkgtest has the additional benefit > that at this stage of the release, you're package isn't blocked if it > passes on all architecture and you wouldn't need to bother us with an > unblock request. I agree that a better QA mechanism would be good. I'd be a bit reluctant to implement autopkgtest though, my understanding is that openjdk-11 would be blocked from migrating if it breaks openjdk-11-jre-dcevm, but if DCEVM upstream lags to rebase its patches that would be unfair to delay the OpenJDK update, because OpenJDK has a much larger user base than DCEVM and the benefits of an OpenJDK update outweigh a temporary breakage of DCEVM. > How do you normally get triggered to update you package? I scan my DDPO [2] every week and look for upstream updates. > Two months ago, in a different stage of the release. I understand this unblock request bends the rules and I'm really sorry for that. But that's really the best I can do to serve our users. The risk is limited since this is a minor update of a leaf package that trades a totally broken version for a good one, so I thought it was worth considering for an exception. Emmanuel Bourg [1] https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDKUpdates/JDK11u [2] https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=pkg-java-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org
