[PKG-OpenRC-Debian] Refreshing the OpenRC package

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

On Friday 17 October 2014 08:22 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> On 10/17/2014 07:48 PM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
>> > The build has again failed as mentioned in
>> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763681
>> > 
>> > Can you guys please help ?
>> > In https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=765070, it is
>> > mentioned that dropping the dependency loop resolver patch fixes the
>> > crash. Can we drop that patch ? What is the intent of that patch ?
> What happens is that LSB init scripts have many loops in the
> dependencies, and this patch resolves / breaks the loops. So it makes
> the boot process a way better, ordered in a correct way, by breaking the
> "Should be started after" rather than the "Must be started after".
> 
> While I believe OpenRC would continue to work without it, I don't think
> it's a good idea to remove the patch. Note that it's possible to disable
> it in the config file though. So, worst case, we could disable it in
> these arch where it fails.


Thanks Thomas. While I don't expect to see any radical changes in our GR
results, my intent is to have alternates available in Debian. At one
point in time, in the past, Free Software was more about choice. That
view is slimming day-by-day.

And to top that up is fellow developers making a mock.

Anyways, I checked on openrc channel, and this is what I got...

[18:35:26] <dwfreed> debian decided to include a patch that is not
merged, and is for a feature that is not supported
[18:35:30] <dwfreed> why am I not surprised


If that is the status, and given our time and commitment, I'd suggest we
drop the patch, for now. It should fix one of the RC bugs, immediately.

What do you say ?

-- 
Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs
Debian - The Universal Operating System

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