Debian Bug report logs - #1018261
confmodule should be distributed separately from debconf

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Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Gioele Barabucci <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Subject: confmodule should be distributed separately from debconf

Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 08:56:18 +0200

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.79
Tags: patch
Control: affects -1 cdebconf

Dear debconf maintainers,

could you please ship `/usr/share/debconf/confmodule{,.sh}` in a 
separate package, for example debconf-common?

Having a separate, shared confmodule is a necessary step in enabling the 
transition towards cdebconf.

Patches to create a separate `debconf-common` package, and to adjust 
confmodule to be debconf-implementation agnostic, are available at

https://salsa.debian.org/gioele/debconf/-/commits/debconf-common-pkg

Regards,

--
Gioele Barabucci

Message #12 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Faidon Liambotis <[email protected]>

To: Gioele Barabucci <[email protected]>, [email protected]

Subject: Re: Bug#1018261: confmodule should be distributed separately from debconf

Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:57:48 +0200

On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 08:56:18AM +0200, Gioele Barabucci wrote:
> could you please ship `/usr/share/debconf/confmodule{,.sh}` in a separate
> package, for example debconf-common?

In the same spirit, I think Debconf::Client::ConfModule should also be
split into its own package, as it seems entirely distinct from debconf
itself, and similar to e.g. python3-debconf in that sense.

Per established Perl conventions, perhaps something like
libdebconf-client-confmodule-perl?

The dependency transition is going to be an interesting challenge. I see
Giole has resorted to (Pre-)Depends, for the Shell part, which makes
sense given its size, and could work for Perl as well.
Debconf::Client::ConfModule is used by a tiny minority of packages
though, so perhaps something more creative can be used in the long-term,
like perhaps dh_installdebconf getting taught to add the appropriate
dependencies if necessary.

Faidon

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