On Sat, 20 May 2023 at 11:29, gustavo panizzo <g...@zumbi.com.ar> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> On May 20, 2023 10:20:50 AM UTC, Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org> wrote:
> >On Fri, 19 May 2023, 15:39 gustavo panizzo, <g...@debian.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Package: release.debian.org
> >> Severity: normal
> >> User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org
> >> Usertags: unblock
> >> X-Debbugs-Cc: bl...@debian.org
> >>
> >> Please unblock package iptables-persistent
> >>
> >> (Please provide enough (but not too much) information to help
> >> the release team to judge the request efficiently. E.g. by
> >> filling in the sections below.)
> >>
> >> [ Reason ]
> >> The package is using alternatives to manage (systemd) aliases,
> >> this is not recommended by the systemd maintainers.
> >>
> >> See bug report #1036147
> >>
> >>
> >> I've added alternatives to this package back in 2019 to solve #926927
> >> as a point of coordination with other firewall managers in Debian
> >> (see https://lists.debian.org/debian-firewall/2019/08/msg00000.html) but
> >> the initiative never took off
> >>
> >>
> >> [ Impact ]
> >> This is (was) the only package in Debian which uses alternatives to
> >> manage aliases, which makes it different from what admins expect
> >>
> >> [ Tests ]
> >> This version of the package is clean in lintian and piuparts,
> >> I've upgraded my systems and found no problems
> >>
> >>
> >> [ Risks ]
> >> I see no risks, if an admin locally have changed the override files,
> >> we'll keep them as dpkg-bak
> >>
> >>
> >> [ Checklist ]
> >>   [x] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
> >>   [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
> >>   [x] attach debdiff against the package in testing
> >>
> >>
> >> unblock iptables-persistent/1.0.20
> >>
> >
> >Thanks for taking care of this - I just checked and cannot see the upload
> >to unstable though?
>
> I'd prefer to wait for an ack from the release team

Ok, in that case I think it should be explicitly mentioned that this
is a 'preapproval' request.

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi

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