[Bug 1152187] Re: [MIR] systemd

[Martin Pitt]

Hello Michael, Matthias,

thanks for the review!

Michael Terry [2013-03-14 16:18 -0000]:
> * Existing bugs seem tolerable (most of them deal with the init
> pieces anyway).  Should keep a watch on Debian bug 701364, which
> says it ftbfs with gcc-4.8.

I built current master and 198 with gcc-4.8, works fine. The Debian
bug has a link to the upstream commit.

> * Uses python2, but does so with dh_python2 and the python-systemd
> package is not likely to be pulled onto the Desktop CD, so that's
> fine.

Right, that's supposed to stay in universe for now.

> The one big beef I have is that we don't run any of the unit tests,
> because some of them fail (pitti says they make assumptions that aren't
> true on Ubuntu).  I'd like to see those fixed or the rest of the unit
> tests enabled, so we have at least some coverage.

I fixed and enabled unit tests during package build, works fine now:
http://people.canonical.com/~pitti/tmp/systemd-patches/0011-Fix-and-reenable-unit-tests.patch
This will be part of the next systemd upload.

Matthias Klose [2013-03-15  4:58 -0000]:
> - is there a reason not to provide a python3-systemd package?

It doesn't currently build with PYTHON=python3.

> - gcc-4.8 can be found in the ubuntu-toolchain-r ppa

See above, I tested with gcc-4.8 and it works fine.

> - just want to clarify that the MIR is currently not done for the
> systemd package, which I assume will stay in universe.

We don't even build systemd and systemd-sysv binaries on Ubuntu, for
mostly political reasons. But I'm wary of bringing this up over and
over again, so I don't intend to enable them for universe for the time
being. 

Thanks,

Martin
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Title:
  [MIR] systemd

Status in “systemd” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  * The package is in universe and built on all archs:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/44-10ubuntu1

  * Rationale:

  - in a first step we want systemd-services promoted to replace ubuntu-
  system-services

  -  We will also want to move from consolekit to logind soon
  (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-1303
  -consolekit-logind-migration)

  - udev has been merged in the systemd source upstream so we will want
  to build it from there at some point as well

  we don't plan to use the systemd init system at this point

  * Security:

  there has been some security issues in the past
  http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=systemd
  http://secunia.com/advisories/48220/
  http://secunia.com/advisories/48208/
  http://secunia.com/advisories/48331/

  Those are mostly logind issue and have been fixed upstream.

  Our current package is outdated but we do plan to update it before
  starting using logind. There should be no issue with the services

  * Quality:
  - there is no RC bug in debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=systemd
  - there is no bug open in launchpad: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bugs
  - upstream is active and responsive to issues

  The desktop bugs team is subscribed to the package in launchpad,
  foundations/desktop will maintain the package and look to the bug
  reports regularly.

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