Axel Beckert:
> Package: debhelper
> Version: 13.3.1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Causes file conflicts within binary packages of the same
> source package
> Control: block 961757 by -1
>
>
> [...]
Hi Axel,
Thanks for filing the bug.
I have not examined this fully and I do not expect to be diving into the
details here any time soon.
Personally, it seems a bit like a "last minute bug" and I am do not feel
I have the necessary spoons to tackle it (or rather any fall out if it
goes less than perfectly smooth).
As it seems urgent to you and I suspect you have researched this (at
least much better than I will have energy to do for now), I am fine with
letting you manage it from here if you wish to do that.
Assuming you wish to have this fixed for bullseye, then I propose the
following:
1) Please base your work on debhelper's master branch. It is mostly
typo fixes and translation work. Please do commit directly to the
master branch.
2) I will expect you to handle the relevant release engineering
(i.e. uploads, unblock requests as necessary, etc.) along
with tackling regressions for this feature should any occurs.
(Feel free to upload debhelper using "Team Upload" rather than "NMU"
rules.)
3) Please do a call for updates to existing translations once you are
done or certain you will not need any more updates to the manpages.
- I am fine with doing a translation-only update after you are done,
so you do not need to follow up on that (unless you change strings
after the calls for translations).
I assume you are aware that it affects *every* doc-base package in the
archive and with the freeze approaching "work around sometimes required"
is better than "FTBFS bugs in packages that used to work".
Let me know if this arrangement sounds good to you or propose alternatives.
Thanks for considering,
~Niels
