Hi again, On Wed, 29 May 2019 at 23:48, Andrej Shadura <andre...@debian.org> wrote: > On Wed, 29 May 2019 at 23:43, Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org> wrote: > > You're not going to like it. > > > > 381 files changed, 20100 insertions(+), 16629 deletions(-) > > > > This isn't re-viewable and is very much not in line with our freeze policy. > > Heh. I was hoping for an exception :) > > > Shall I proceed and remove the package from buster? > > Not yet. I will discuss this with the Synapse upstream to see what is > more suitable. An alternative would be a NEWS/README entry telling > users to upgrade to a version from backports if they want to be able > to use v4 or v5 rooms.
I’m asking again here since I have uploaded a change adding a NEWS entry (see the diff), so I would like to either have the original unblock re-reviewed on this small change unblocked. Thanks. -- Cheers, Andrej
diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS index 1239f31..2dac0e6 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,28 @@ +matrix-synapse (0.99.2-6) unstable; urgency=high + + IMPORTANT, READ THE BELOW IF YOU RUN A MATRIX HOMESERVER. + + 0.99.2 will be the latest version of Synapse included in Buster. + Unfortunately, the 0.99.5.1 version introduces an incompatible change, + a new room format version 4, which version 1.0 will default to. + As servers and chat rooms switch to the new format, 0.99.2 will not + be able to join these rooms. + + This means that once Buster is released, you will have to upgrade + Synapse to a newer version which will be available in buster-backports + by that time. Before the Buster release, newer upstream versions will + be regularly uploaded to experimental. + + I am sorry for this inconvenience. + + To learn more about this change and its impact, you can read these + blog posts by the upstream developers: + + * https://matrix.org/blog/2019/05/21/synapse-0-99-5-1-released + * https://matrix.org/blog/2019/05/24/final-countdown-to-1-0 + + -- Andrej Shadura <andre...@debian.org> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:20:52 +0200 + matrix-synapse (0.99.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium This version of the package introduces support for the Server-to-Server diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index a786521..63b01ac 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +matrix-synapse (0.99.2-6) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Add a NEWS entry on the room format upgrade in 0.99.5.1. + + -- Andrej Shadura <andre...@debian.org> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:28:41 +0200 + matrix-synapse (0.99.2-5) unstable; urgency=high * Security updates backported from 0.99.3:
