[PKG-OpenRC-Debian] Refreshing the OpenRC package

[Thomas Goirand]

On 10/17/2014 11:17 PM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> 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 ?

That I would very much prefer to keep the patch, and have it disabled by
default in the configuration file.

Also, that patch is in Debian for a reason. They don't need it in
Gentoo, that's quite Debian specific.

Thomas