Dear all,While I skipped one month, we're now in the mid of the first freeze, so here's another plea [1,2,3,4, 5] to fix RC bugs in key packages [6]. Currently we have 168 RC bugs in key packages affecting bookworm [7] of which 109 are unresolved in unstable or experimental, aren't pending and don't have a patch. Here are again 5 RC bugs in key packages to draw attention to this class of bugs. Remember, resolving these bugs is a collective effort.
#925134 grub-efi-amd64 doesn't mount cryptodisk https://bugs.debian.org/925134 #558422 grub-pc upgrade hangs https://bugs.debian.org/558422 #924151 grub2-common wrong grub.cfg for efi boot and fully encrypted disk https://bugs.debian.org/924151 #945001 grub-efi-amd64 GRUB-EFI messes up boot variables https://bugs.debian.org/945001 #990017 grub-ieee1275[REGRESSION] Bullseye CD installer images fail to install GRUB on OpenPOWER machines
https://bugs.debian.org/990017[Yes, these are all from the same source, the package has a long standing "Request for Help" bug open: https://bugs.debian.org/248397]
I am asking for help with investigating RC bug reports, judging severity, reproducing the issue, clarifying the problem, i.e. bug triaging of all RC bugs that haven't seen activity for a while and that are still affecting bookworm. Of course ideally the bug gets fixed.
Remember, if you really think a bug shouldn't be RC (particularly if you are the maintainer), downgrade it with an explanation. If in doubt, leave your note in the bug report, that's already a great help.
Paul [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2022/07/msg00133.html [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2022/09/msg00000.html [3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2022/10/msg00001.html [4] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2022/11/msg00080.html [5] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2022/12/msg00065.html [5] https://release.debian.org/key-packages.html [6] https://udd.debian.org/dev/cgi-bin/rcblog7.cgi
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