Hi, On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 08:50:01AM +0100, Claudio Kuenzler wrote:
It seems that there hasn't been much going on concerning the LXC package(s) in Debian 9 Stretch. The version is stuck at 2.0.7 without any patches backported since Jan 2018. Yet there are known (important) bugs which break LXC on Stretch.
Ultimately, I think the LXC maintainers are under-resourced; there aren't enough people/hours for it. But Stretch being the current release, I would not expect to see the package update much, except for security issues or *major* bugs. #888647 that you cite, for example, is currently only categorized as "normal" severity.
Meanwhile LXC 2.0.9 is out since October 2017 (yes, 2017). Instead of keeping a bugged 2.0.7, wouldn't it be better to include the latest upstream version of the 2.0 LTS branch?
Not post-Stretch release, no; that's not how we do things I'm afraid. Unfortunately 2.0.9 came out *after* Stretch, by a few months.
What's the current status with LXC and its related packages in Debian Stretch?
You've pretty much summed it up.
Can we expect a new upstream release, a bugfix or a new version (3.0 LTS) made available in backports?
I can't speak for the LXC maintainers, but we as a project are about to enter freeze for the next Debian release. The version of LXC slated for that is 3.x series. I suspect (but again, can only speculate) that the maintainers are likely going to prioritize getting the next release ready over updating the backport for the soon-to-be-obsolete current stable release. Volunteers are free to work on whatever they want, of course. -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Jonathan Dowland ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://jmtd.net ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ Please do not CC me, I am subscribed to the list.
