On Mon, 12 Sept 2022 at 07:35, Marc Haber <mh+debian-de...@zugschlus.de> wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:08:44 -0400, Marvin Renich <m...@renich.org> > wrote: > >* Ansgar <ans...@debian.org> [220910 09:37]: > >> the transition to usrmerge as described in [1] is planned to start > >> around 2022-09-15 (next Thursday). > >[snip] > >> We will send an announcement to debian-devel-announce@ once the upload > >> to unstable happens. > > > >What is the point in waiting until after the upload to send to > >debian-devel-announce? I would think that most users running > >testing/unstable would want prior notice, and you shouldn't assume that > >all users will read their mail before performing a routine > >update/upgrade cycle on the morning after the upload. I don't think > >everyone running testing/unstable reads debian-devel, so I think it > >would be appropriate to send to -announce at least one (two?) day(s) > >before the upload.
It will take a few days for the updated package to migrate to testing. If you are running unstable - well, it's unstable ;-) There are no user actions required anyway. > And, is there a solution for the existing conflict with the dpkg > maintainer? Please see the linked tech-ctte email thread linked and the mails it quotes: https://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2022/09/msg00005.html Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
