Merge lilo 1:22.8-10 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

Want to be sponsored by Colin Watson!

Please notice, that a new Debian package 23.1-1 will follow in the next days.
The development of this package will include the ubuntu specific patches.

git repository (for debian package): http://git.debian.org/?p=lilo/debian.git

Have a nice day.

Joachim (Debian Maintainer of LILO)

OK, nice to hear that. However, how do you want handle file ubuntu.series?

@Artur:

There is a discussion about my bug in debian-mentors

http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2011/01/msg00297.html

regards

@Joachim,

Thank you for introducing Ubuntu changes in Debian. I would like to explain here:
- you can add our changes in debian/changelog to yours, but it's not necessary and you don't need to keep all Merges entry;
- we change Debian Maintainer Field only if we are adding changes in Ubuntu;
- for us the most important are Ubuntu-specific patches. if you can support them for us, we don't need other changes.

Best regards,
Artur

Artur Rona <email address hidden> wrote on 2011-01-23 23:40:

> @Joachim,
>
> - for us the most important are Ubuntu-specific patches.
> if you can support them for us, we don't need other changes.
The support is already inside of 23.1-1 which work with the file
debian/patches/ubuntu.series and support in debuild.

Here you can find the git repository:
http://git.debian.org/?p=lilo/debian.git

This package (first try) is already on mentors.debian.net and
there is a threat with an review on
http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2011/01/msg00361.html

I have also get an review from Openwall maintainer with some
patches, which still must be verified.

I will update this 23.1-1 package because of the hints in reviews
in the next days and then it should be ready for Debian and Ubuntu.

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Have a nice day.

Joachim (Germany)

Joachim,

When we could expect upload lilo 1:23.1-1 to Debian? Maybe you could do it in experimental?

Thanks and regards,
Artur

Artur Rona <email address hidden> wrote on 2011-01-25 15:56:

> When we could expect upload lilo 1:23.1-1 to Debian? Maybe you could do
> it in experimental?

My sponsor will do the upload after Squeeze is released. The date for this
release is set to the first February weekend:

Message from Neil McGovern <email address hidden>:
> Following on from above, we now have a target date of the weekend of 5th
> and 6th February for the release. We have checked with core teams, and
> this seems to be acceptable for everyone.

Because of this short time to release I think the way via experimental
is not needed.

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Have a nice day.

Joachim (Germany)

Joachim, Debian 6.0 has been released. What about upload lilo 23 to unstable?

Artur Rona <email address hidden> wrote on 2011-02-09 17:45:

> Joachim, Debian 6.0 has been released. What about upload lilo 23 to
> unstable?
>

I still wait to Niels Thykier as sponsor. He wanted to finish his review in
the next days. After this step I hope he will upload the package to Debian.

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Have a nice day.

Joachim (Germany)

As I wrote in comment 9, I'm concerned about time of upload to unstable.

Colin, what do you think about upload it from Debian mentors with -0ubuntu1 version?

We're well after our Debian import freeze for this cycle. I'm not particularly keen on importing a significant new upstream version in advance of a Debian upload unless there's a compelling reason to do so; can it not wait for natty+1, when we would merge it in the normal course of events?

Artur, I was going to sponsor your original merge from the top of this bug instead, but the patches you attached were for linux86, not lilo. Could you please attach the correct patches?

Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote on 2011-02-15 11:45:

> We're well after our Debian import freeze for this cycle. I'm not
> particularly keen on importing a significant new upstream version in
> advance of a Debian upload unless there's a compelling reason to do so;
> can it not wait for natty+1, when we would merge it in the normal course
> of events?
>
> Artur, I was going to sponsor your original merge from the top of this
> bug instead, but the patches you attached were for linux86, not lilo.
> Could you please attach the correct patches?

Now the new Debian package lilo 23.1-1 is in sid/unstable!

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Have a nice day.

Joachim (Germany)

We decided to keep lilo 22.8 in natty and let 23.1 to grow up in Debian and wait for bugfixes. We are a few days before Feature Freeze and we would not to break archive by fresh revisions. We could not handle bug reports against new lilo properly. Probably lilo 23.1 will be synced in natty+1.

Colin, I attached correct debdiffs. Would you like to sponsor it or shall I do ask someone else free?

Looks fine, thanks. I'll sponsor this now.

This bug was fixed in the package lilo - 1:22.8-10ubuntu1

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lilo (1:22.8-10ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian. Remaining changes: (LP: #704234)
    - 03_boot-prompt.patch, 03_lilo-version.patch:
      + Change Debian branding to Ubuntu.

lilo (1:22.8-10) unstable; urgency=low

  * debian/control:
    - Remove Conflicts to grub-legacy and grub-pc. (Closes: #606952)
  * debian/README.Debian:
    - Add information about using more then one bootloader.
 -- Artur Rona <email address hidden> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:44:00 +0100