For the dependencies, I'd probably suggest attempting to parse https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v24.0.9/vendor.mod into a list of versioned Depends: directly, since those aren't likely to be bumped upstream "willy nilly" (and IMO that would make it easier to determine which things need to be packaged and/or which packaged things might need to be updated in Debian or used from vendor/).
♥, - Tianon 4096R / B42F 6819 007F 00F8 8E36 4FD4 036A 9C25 BF35 7DD4 On Thu, 16 May 2024 at 17:33, Reinhard Tartler <siret...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > copying everyone currently listed as co-maintainer of the docker.io > package in Debian. > > I've decided to give this thing a stab. It seems Debian currently ships > the same minor upstream version of docker.io 20.10 as we had in unstable, > and more and more packages (such as podman) require significantly newer > versions of docker. This is starting to do a serious disservice to our > users. > > My current work in progress lives in > https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/docker/-/tree/siretart/docker24?ref_type=heads. > So far, I've: > > - identified that libnetwork got merged into gh:moby/moby, so I've removed > references from the packaging > - tried to follow README.source as much as possible > - identified vendored sources and updated the Files-Excluded fields and > debian/copyright as appropriate > - refreshed patches against the new upstream version > - identified circular dependencies and chose vendored versions to unbreak > them. > > What I would appreciate help with: > > - reviewing what I've done. This is a very complex package that is done in > a style that I'm not used to work with > - help getting it to build (it currently doesn't, I suspect because at > least some dependencies in debian are too old. I guess using vendored > copies is the most expedient way to go about this? > - update debian/copyright for new code additions > - identify and drop unnecessary dependencies from debian/control. > > Thank you so much for your support and assistance! > > -rt > > > -- > regards, > Reinhard >
