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Bug#994275: Draft resolution for reverting changes in debianutils

From David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject Bug#994275: Draft resolution for reverting changes in debianutils
Date 2021-10-14 00:40 +0200
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Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:

> 1. Offer advice:

>    The debianutils package must continue to provide the which(1) program
>    until a compatible utility is available in a package that is at least
>    transitively essential in Debian 12.

Is it really advice if we say "must"?

> 2. Overrule maintainer of debianutils:
>
>    The which(1) program must not print any deprecation warnings.

I remain to be convinced on this point. If I understand the issue
correctly the problem is with autopkgtests failing because they were not
expecting output on stderr. I don't think people are really entitled to
expect which(1) to never print to stderr. Even when debian-policy
recommended 'which' it apparently recommended redirecting stderr.

I also don't see failures of autopkgtests as directly impacting users in
the same way a failure to build or a failure to install does.

I understand that people find the message annoying, and perhaps not that
useful, but I don't think that rises the level justifying overriding a
maintainer.

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Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2021-09-15 00:40 +0200
  Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2021-09-15 09:30 +0200
    Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2021-09-15 12:00 +0200
      Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2021-09-15 14:20 +0200
  Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2021-09-15 13:10 +0200
  Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Clint Adams <clint@debian.org> - 2021-09-16 23:40 +0200
  Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2021-09-17 00:10 +0200
  Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2021-09-17 00:10 +0200
    Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2021-09-24 08:30 +0200
      Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> - 2021-09-24 10:20 +0200
      Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2021-09-24 10:50 +0200
        Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2021-09-24 14:20 +0200
      Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Clint Adams <clint@debian.org> - 2021-09-24 15:00 +0200
  Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Clint Adams <clint@debian.org> - 2021-09-25 04:30 +0200
    Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2021-09-25 12:40 +0200
      Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Clint Adams <clint@debian.org> - 2021-10-04 00:20 +0200
        Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2021-10-06 11:40 +0200
          Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2021-10-06 12:40 +0200
          Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2021-10-06 18:20 +0200
  Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2021-10-11 02:00 +0200
  Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2021-10-11 02:10 +0200
    Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org> - 2021-10-11 10:50 +0200
      Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2021-10-17 14:40 +0200
  Bug#994275: Draft resolution for reverting changes in debianutils Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2021-10-13 22:20 +0200
    Bug#994275: Draft resolution for reverting changes in debianutils David Bremner <david@tethera.net> - 2021-10-14 00:40 +0200
      Bug#994275: Draft resolution for reverting changes in debianutils Wookey <wookey@wookware.org> - 2021-10-17 15:40 +0200
      Bug#994275: Draft resolution for reverting changes in debianutils Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> - 2021-10-18 11:40 +0200
        Bug#994275: Draft resolution for reverting changes in debianutils Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2021-10-18 12:30 +0200
          Bug#994275: Draft resolution for reverting changes in debianutils Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> - 2021-10-18 12:50 +0200
      Bug#994275: Draft resolution for reverting changes in debianutils Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2021-10-18 21:00 +0200
        Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Clint Adams <clint@debian.org> - 2021-10-24 21:20 +0200
          Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils tito <farmatito@tiscali.it> - 2021-10-26 13:00 +0200
          Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Wookey <wookey@wookware.org> - 2021-10-26 15:20 +0200
            Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Clint Adams <clint@debian.org> - 2021-10-26 21:20 +0200
              Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> - 2021-10-26 22:00 +0200
                Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Clint Adams <clint@debian.org> - 2021-10-26 22:20 +0200
          Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> - 2021-10-29 10:10 +0200
    Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Clint Adams <clint@debian.org> - 2021-10-16 08:00 +0200
      Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> - 2021-10-16 18:00 +0200
      Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> - 2021-10-17 12:50 +0200
      Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2021-10-18 21:00 +0200
  Bug#994275: Call for votes on "Reverting breaking changes in debianutils" Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2021-10-20 21:40 +0200
    Bug#994275: Call for votes on "Reverting breaking changes in debianutils" Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2021-10-21 18:00 +0200
  Bug#994275: Call for votes on "Reverting breaking changes in debianutils" Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2021-10-20 21:40 +0200
    Bug#994275: Call for votes on "Reverting breaking changes in debianutils" David Bremner <david@tethera.net> - 2021-10-20 22:10 +0200
    Bug#994275: Call for votes on "Reverting breaking changes in debianutils" Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> - 2021-10-22 20:50 +0200
    Bug#994275: Call for votes on "Reverting breaking changes in debianutils" Elana Hashman <ehashman@debian.org> - 2021-10-22 22:00 +0200
    Bug#994275: Call for votes on "Reverting breaking changes in debianutils" Margarita Manterola <marga@debian.org> - 2021-10-26 19:20 +0200
    Bug#994275: Call for votes on "Reverting breaking changes in debianutils" Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org> - 2021-10-26 21:20 +0200
    Bug#994275: Call for votes on "Reverting breaking changes in debianutils" Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2021-10-27 19:10 +0200
  Bug#994275: Reverting breaking changes in debianutils Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> - 2021-11-02 08:40 +0100

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