Bug#971515: kubernetes: excessive vendoring (private libraries)

2020-10-21 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
On Thursday, 22 October 2020 2:16:16 AM AEDT Sean Whitton wrote: > I think that we can all agree with everything you've written about the > reasons why packaging components separately is better. Thank you. > The problem is > that in this case the choice seems to be between not having recent > K

Bug#971515: kubernetes: excessive vendoring (private libraries)

2020-10-21 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
On Wednesday, 21 October 2020 8:56:53 PM AEDT Felix Lechner wrote: > How is the second one inferior, please? I think it includes a crucial > missing feature (co-installable versions). To reduce maintainers burden, you want maintainers to look after not one but multiple versions of libraries. This

Bug#971515: Request for security team input on kubernetes TC bug

2020-10-21 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello security team, The TC are being asked about src:kubernetes, and it would be good to hear from you about whether and how security support is a relevant consideration in determining whether the level of vendoring in that package is acceptable. Could you take a look at #971515 and perhaps give

Bug#971515: kubernetes: excessive vendoring (private libraries)

2020-10-21 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Dmitry, On Wed 21 Oct 2020 at 11:21am +11, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: > On Wednesday, 21 October 2020 6:16:03 AM AEDT Sean Whitton wrote: >> I think that my message [1] is what makes you think that the package >> would not have got through NEW? > > It was not your message but my own experience w

Re: Bug#971515: kubernetes: excessive vendoring (private libraries)

2020-10-21 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Tue 20 Oct 2020 at 06:52pm -07, Felix Lechner wrote: > I think our response to the vendoring explosion is at odds with the > trends in many languages. > > It's time to retool. At the two ends of the solution spectrum, I see > > 1. Fully vendored source packages; or > 2. A packa

Re: Bug#971515: kubernetes: excessive vendoring (private libraries)

2020-10-21 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Dmitry, On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 12:50 AM Dmitry Smirnov wrote: > > Yes, at first there will > be a significant effort but then it will become easier. I know you put a lot of effort in (as did Michael Stapelberg, with whom I spent some time before he left), but I don't think our current approa

Bug#971515: kubernetes: excessive vendoring (private libraries)

2020-10-21 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Hi Felix, On Wednesday, 21 October 2020 12:52:40 PM AEDT Felix Lechner wrote: > > We favour technical elegance often in expense of maintainers' comfort. > > Is our approach really either one of those? I think our response to > the vendoring explosion is at odds with the trends in many languages.