Bug#403974: Unofficial kernels and debian packages...

[Max Vozeler]

severity 403974 important
thanks

On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 09:39:54PM +0100, Thomas Weinbrenner wrote:
> James Westby wrote:
> > On (17/02/07 19:51), Thomas Weinbrenner wrote:
> 
> [...]
> > > But if it is meant to help building modules for other kernel, then it
> > > should support them and this bug should be more severe than merely
> > > "wishlist".
> 
> [...]
> > The fact that you can't build from the loop-aes-source against newer
> > kernels is regrettable, but does not warrant a bug of severity serious
> > I'm afraid.
> 
> All right, but shouldn't it be at least "normal" (if not "important",
> after all, if you build your own kernel, you usually want the newest)?
> 
> A "minor" severity level would be a "a problem which doesn't affect the
> package's usefulness" and since this affects the packages usefulness it
> should be more severe than that.

Agreed.

I plan to build build loop-aes v3.1e + patches this coming 
weekend and upload it to experimental. Jari has already hinted at 
a new upstream release, and there are some patches for newer kernel
releases. I think it will be useful to maintain newer versions in
experimental this way for some time, at least until the time 
unstable is open for post-etch uploads again. 

The main reason the package hasn't been updated to the latest
upstream version (from my perspective) is that loop-aes is now used
in partman-crypto as part of debian-installer; updating it would 
have meant more work and possible delays for d-i RC1 and RC2. Now 
that we're basically in freeze preparing for release of etch, (barring
any unforseen troubles) etch will likely stay at and release with
loop-aes version v3.1d. I hope that we can maintain a version in
backports.org for use with newer kernels though.

cheers,
Max