Re: Bug#843906: tftpd, removal in favour of tftpd-hpa

2017-02-13 Thread Jonathan Dowland 
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:34:35AM +, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Implicitly you point out the flaw in my suggestion.  tftpd-hpa can't
> consume tftpd configurations and we don't have a config converter.
> This shows that this question is more complicated and we should wait.
> 
> I will try to remember to bring this up after buster opens.

If you have the spoons to work on a solution now, or at least mock one up, and
it wouldn't distract you from freeze work, I'd encourage you to make a start
now; it'll serve as a better reminder later on for you or someone else to see
it through :)

You might even decide it's not feasible, in which case tftpd->tftpd-hpa
becomes feasible again for stretch.


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Re: Bug#843906: tftpd, removal in favour of tftpd-hpa

2017-02-13 Thread Wookey 
On 2017-02-13 11:34 +, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Michael Biebl writes ("Re: Bug#843906: tftpd, removal in favour of 
> tftpd-hpa"):
> > Have you thought about turning tftpd into an empty transitional package
> > which pulls in tftpd-hpa on upgrades?
> 
> Implicitly you point out the flaw in my suggestion.  tftpd-hpa can't
> consume tftpd configurations and we don't have a config converter.
> This shows that this question is more complicated and we should wait.
> 
> I will try to remember to bring this up after buster opens.

Please, do. This is about a decade overdue now.

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Re: Bug#843906: tftpd, removal in favour of tftpd-hpa

2017-02-13 Thread Ian Jackson 
Michael Biebl writes ("Re: Bug#843906: tftpd, removal in favour of tftpd-hpa"):
> Have you thought about turning tftpd into an empty transitional package
> which pulls in tftpd-hpa on upgrades?

Implicitly you point out the flaw in my suggestion.  tftpd-hpa can't
consume tftpd configurations and we don't have a config converter.
This shows that this question is more complicated and we should wait.

I will try to remember to bring this up after buster opens.

Thanks,
Ian.

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Re: Bug#843906: tftpd, removal in favour of tftpd-hpa

2017-02-13 Thread Michael Biebl 
Am 13.02.2017 um 12:05 schrieb Ian Jackson:
> In #843906 I suggested removing tftpd because it's inferior to
> tftpd-hpa in every respect, and cannot boot some modern computers.
> 
> I didn't manage to get around to this earlier but I wonder if it would
> still be a good idea, even for stretch.
> 
> The actual changes would be:
>  * Add one Provides: to tftpd-hpa

Have you thought about turning tftpd into an empty transitional package
which pulls in tftpd-hpa on upgrades?



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Re: Bug#843906: tftpd, removal in favour of tftpd-hpa

2017-02-13 Thread Marco d'Itri 
On Feb 13, Ian Jackson  wrote:

> I didn't manage to get around to this earlier but I wonder if it would
> still be a good idea, even for stretch.
Yes please.

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