On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 4:23 AM Brad Rogers <b...@fineby.me.uk> wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 08:22:16 +0100 > Detlef Vollmann <d...@vollmann.ch> wrote: > > >Is there a description anywhere how the 64bit time transition works? > > I'm far from an expert, but from what I've read, this transition is > *huge*. Possibly the largest that has ever occurred in Debian. It's > going to take time to get it done. Lots, and lots, of time. In the > meanwhile, it means a good deal of disruption in Sid/unstable. > > You should already be aware that running sid comes with certain > difficulties, and if you're not prepared/willing to deal with them then, > in all likelihood, Sid isn't for you.
Some folks don't have a choice. To run Debian ports in a Debian QEMU/Chroot, you have to run Unstable in the guest. You cannot run Stable or Testing in the guest. I guess the other choice is to forgo testing on various Debian architectures. But that seems like a worse choice for everyone involved. Personally, I would not feel good about this path. I don't want Debian users and Debian packagers to experience problems I should have caught during testing. > Following Marco's advice would be a good first step, IMO. I don't think this migration was planned well. Debian should have created a temporary *-t64 port, and then released the appropriate ISOs. Later, when things got stable, the *-t64 port could have been merged back into the standard port all at once. Jeff
