Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-14 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Thu, 14 Feb 2019, Ian Jackson wrote: > Firstly, thanks for taking the time to read what I wrote. (Thanks > also for Sam for his helpful perspective.) > > > Stepping back a bit, and firmly putting my `user' hat on: > > My aim was to share my experience, because I guess the point of >

Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-14 Thread Hans van Kranenburg
://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00021.html ...I switched to linux-image-4.9-amd64 in Jessie, and I haven't even been thinking about what happened to linux-base in that process until today. > Rhonda D'Vine writes ("Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke &

Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-14 Thread Ian Jackson
then of course next time I can not write it up as a learning opportunity for Debian. I can just work around it instead. Rhonda D'Vine writes ("Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI"): > On 2/13/19 1:09 PM, Ian Jackson wrote: > > 1. Packages should not

Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-14 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Rhonda" == Rhonda D'Vine writes: >> installer image to have the jessie-backports kernel and modules, >> but that is not relevant to this tale.) Rhonda> I don't really follow - you now can get rid of that special Rhonda> casing (which had to be added specifically) and

Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-14 Thread Rhonda D'Vine
Hi, On 2/13/19 1:09 PM, Ian Jackson wrote: > I would like to recount a situation. I'm not sure where, if anywhere, > the root bug(s) lie, but I am inclined to say that a big part of the > problem was a change to the contents of jessie-backports. I would be > interested to hear what the

Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-14 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On February 13, 2019 4:07:45 PM UTC, Ansgar wrote: >More importantly Jessie has reached end-of-life[1]. Please do not >expect related suites (such as -security, -backports, -proposed- >updates, -updates) to continue working after this. -security and -updates are part of the LTS sources.list

Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Ansgar writes ("Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI"): > More importantly Jessie has reached end-of-life[1]. Please do not > expect related suites (such as -security, -backports, -proposed- > updates, -updates) to continue working after

Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-13 Thread Ansgar
On Wed, 2019-02-13 at 12:46 +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Alexander Wirt writes ("Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke > Xen upstream CI"): > > Jessie backports doesn't exist anymore. For some time now. It is already on > > its way to archive.d.o. >

Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-13 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Wed, 13 Feb 2019, Ian Jackson wrote: > Alexander Wirt writes ("Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke > Xen upstream CI"): > > Jessie backports doesn't exist anymore. For some time now. It is already on > > its way to archive.d.o. > > Thanks

Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Alexander Wirt writes ("Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI"): > Jessie backports doesn't exist anymore. For some time now. It is already on > its way to archive.d.o. Thanks are due to to folks on #debian-uk who pointed out this announcement (fr

Re: Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-13 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Wed, 13 Feb 2019, Ian Jackson wrote: > Introduction > > > I would like to recount a situation. I'm not sure where, if anywhere, > the root bug(s) lie, but I am inclined to say that a big part of the > problem was a change to the contents of jessie-backports. I would be >

Removal of linux-base from jessie-backports broke Xen upstream CI

2019-02-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Introduction I would like to recount a situation. I'm not sure where, if anywhere, the root bug(s) lie, but I am inclined to say that a big part of the problem was a change to the contents of jessie-backports. I would be interested to hear what the backports team and ftpmaster have