Control: tags -1 moreinfo On 2025-05-31 12:34:08 -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: [email protected] > Usertags: unblock > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Control: affects -1 + src:btrfs-compsize > > Please unblock package btrfs-compsize > > [ Reason ] > The maintainer of this package seems to have abandoned it both > upstream and in Debian, and I only learned that this had occurred on > the 16 May. The package had already fallen out of testing due to the > ftbfs documented at #1091561, so I made an NMU without delay and > immediately uploaded it. I hope that the release team will recognise > that the disappearance of a maintainer is an extenuating circumstance. > > [ Impact ] > If this unblock isn't granted then btrfs-compsize won't be part of > trixie, and Debian will be the only major distribution that doesn't > have a tool that is essential for btrfs adopters who use inline > compression. I had never used the tool before but assumed it would be > in the archive--just as one assumes standard optional utilities like > netcat will be. > > [ Tests ] > I used my NMU deb to test if the inline compression-related mount > options that I was adding to a proof-of-concept MR for > debian-installer were working correctly, and I confirmed that > btrfs-compsize works correctly and performs its function flawlessly. > > [ Risks ] > Extremely low, because the patch to fix the ftbfs has already been > tested for several months by multiple other distributions. It is the > correct solution until kilobyte resumes upstream maintenance, or until > someone forks the project. > > [ Checklist ] > [x] all changes are documented in the d/changelog > [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them > [x] attach debdiff against the last non-NMU of the package > <#part type="application/octet-stream" > filename="/scratch/1.5-1_to_1.5-1.1_bin.debdiff" disposition=attachment> > <#/part> > <#part type="application/octet-stream" > filename="/scratch/1.5-1_to_1.5-1.1_dsc.debdiff" disposition=attachment> > <#/part>
Both files are missing. Please provide the debdiff of the source packages. Cheers -- Sebastian Ramacher
