Bug #11945

Prevent tails-installer in Debian from migrating to stable

Added by Anonymous 2016-11-17 12:24:12 . Updated 2017-02-06 10:23:34 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Installation
Target version:
Tails_2.11
Start date:
2017-02-02
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Debian
Blueprint:

Starter:
Affected tool:
Installer
Deliverable for:

Description

The Tails ISO format might change, and we are not sure that our current installer will still be able to install Tails images in ~2 years. That’s why we don’t want it to be in Debian stable (unless we want to to talk to the Debian Release team about how this could be updated in stable and analyze what would have happened if we had put tails-installer in Jessie - but we doubt that we want to adopt this solution.)

So, an RC will need to be filed against the package but only once the Stretch freeze has started. This is because an RC bug prevents packages to migrate from unstable to testing and a package which is not in testing cannot have a backport. This is the release schedule for Debian Stretch:

  • 2016-11-05: Transition freeze (general freeze of transitions)
  • 2017-01-05: “Soft” freeze (no new packages, no re-entry, normal migrations)
  • 2017-02-05: Full freeze

So this should happen right after the full freeze.

Putting target version 2.9, but this is just so that I’ll remember around when I need to do this.

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#1 Updated by Anonymous 2016-11-17 12:27:03

Here is a text for the email which needs to be sent earliest on february 5th 2017.

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: tails-installer: Should not be part of Stretch

Package: tails-installer
Severity: serious

I'm opening this RC bug in order to prevent tails-installer from migrating to testing.

The Tails ISO format might change, and upstream is not sure whether the current installer will still be able to install Tails images in ~2 years. That's why upstream doesn't want it to be in Debian stable.
This bug is opened in coordination with upstream.

It'll be easier and safer to provide new versions to users using stable-backports.

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2016-11-17 12:47:47

  • Category set to Installation

#3 Updated by anonym 2016-11-25 10:56:50

  • Target version changed from 284 to Tails 2.10

#4 Updated by anonym 2017-01-24 20:48:53

  • Target version changed from Tails 2.10 to Tails_2.11

#5 Updated by Anonymous 2017-02-06 10:23:34

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted ()
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854346