MIR question: upstream code in main pulled in code we have in universe
Andreas Hasenack
andreas at canonical.com
Fri Feb 11 14:35:07 UTC 2022
Hi, I have a question for the MIR (Main Inclusion Request) team members,
New version of nfs-utils upstream (src:nfs-utils in main) pulled[1] in
code (regex.c file) from another upstream project[2], for which we
have a package in universe: src:libnfsidmap-regex
Would this require another MIR review? I mean, in general, once a
package is in main, we don't apply the MIR guidelines to it anymore,
and they can usually change the code as the project sees fit.
It just so happens this time we have this exact scenario where the
code that was pulled already exists and is the sole purpose of
another, universe, package.
My options are basically:
a) have src:nfs-utils build bin:libnfsidmap-regex and remove
src:libnfsidmap-regex from the archive
b) build src:nfs-utils without producing bin:libnfsidmap-regex, and
keep building src:libnfsidmap-regex from universe as usual
Option (b) will incurr in delta with debian. I believe[3] Debian will
eventually remove/obsolete src:libnfsidmap-regex
1. http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/nfs-utils.git;a=commit;h=940caffdfb9953a2ccfecec81664e4a179753461
2. https://github.com/isginf/libnfsidmap-regex
3. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=925022#20
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