[FTR] multipath-tools -> ubuntu-server

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com>
wrote:

> Christian asked me to sponsor a multipath-tools merge. I think
> multipath-tools belongs in the server set anyway, so I added an
> exception (multipath isn't used on not-servers).
>

It's not used on non-servers, but it's been a very important package and I
have had to maintain it as part of Foundations. I don't disagree with the
process, but I wonder how the decisions for packages like this were taken
in the past, so that we might compare.

My rationale is that it's at the very core of how some of these systems
work, even if it only runs on servers. It's close enough to the kernel and
the storage story which is typically Foundations or core (cf. udev,
filesystems, etc.), and brittle enough that we might want to further
restrict uploads just a tiny bit.

OTOH, I think we agree that Christian has shown that he can handle the
package anyway.

I've updated the packagesets in general, and that includes your change for
multipath-tools to go in the server packageset (ie. I see no reason to
revert that change yet). Let's discuss it though, so that we can hash out a
solid process for dealing with these in the future.


Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <cyphermox at ubuntu.com <mathieu.tl at gmail.com>>
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