Please migrate xfsdump and xfsprogs Debian packaging to Salsa

Please migrate xfsdump and xfsprogs Debian packaging to Salsa

[Andreas Tille]

Hi XFS Development Team,

I'm currently reviewing team-maintained packages that are not exposing
Vcs fields.  I assume for some efficient team work you are maintaining

  xfsdump
  xfsprogs 

in some Git repository, but the Vcs fields are not set and I could not
find corresponding repositories on Salsa.  I'm not even sure whether you
might have some team space there or whether the Debian team might
sufficiently fulfill your needs.

I'd be happy if these packages could be maintained in a publicly visible
Git repository on Salsa, with appropriate Vcs fields set.

If there are specific reasons why this is currently not the case, I
would be interested to understand them as well.

If you need any help with creating some Git repository I can happily
do so since I have developed some training in doing this.

Thanks for your work on XFS in Debian, and best regards,
   Andreas.

-- 
https://fam-tille.de

Re: Please migrate xfsdump and xfsprogs Debian packaging to Salsa

[Darrick J. Wong]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 08:38:35AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi XFS Development Team,
> 
> I'm currently reviewing team-maintained packages that are not exposing
> Vcs fields.  I assume for some efficient team work you are maintaining
> 
>   xfsdump
>   xfsprogs 
> 
> in some Git repository, but the Vcs fields are not set and I could not
> find corresponding repositories on Salsa.  I'm not even sure whether you
> might have some team space there or whether the Debian team might
> sufficiently fulfill your needs.
> 
> I'd be happy if these packages could be maintained in a publicly visible
> Git repository on Salsa, with appropriate Vcs fields set.

That's more or less a matter of setting a couple of fields in
debian/control, right?

Vcs-Browser: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git
Vcs-Git: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git -b master

--D

> If there are specific reasons why this is currently not the case, I
> would be interested to understand them as well.
> 
> If you need any help with creating some Git repository I can happily
> do so since I have developed some training in doing this.
> 
> Thanks for your work on XFS in Debian, and best regards,
>    Andreas.
> 
> -- 
> https://fam-tille.de
> 

Re: Please migrate xfsdump and xfsprogs Debian packaging to Salsa

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Darrick,

thank you for your quick response.

Am Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 08:55:34PM -0700 schrieb Darrick J. Wong:
> > I'd be happy if these packages could be maintained in a publicly visible
> > Git repository on Salsa, with appropriate Vcs fields set.
> 
> That's more or less a matter of setting a couple of fields in
> debian/control, right?
> 
> Vcs-Browser: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git
> Vcs-Git: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git -b master

Yes.  While I would prefer maintenance on salsa.debian.org for the
Debian packaging having setting those fields is helpful in any case.

Kind regards
    Andreas.

-- 
https://fam-tille.de

Re: Please migrate xfsdump and xfsprogs Debian packaging to Salsa

[Carlos Maiolino]

Hi Andreas.

On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 08:38:35AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi XFS Development Team,
> 
> I'm currently reviewing team-maintained packages that are not exposing
> Vcs fields.  I assume for some efficient team work you are maintaining
> 
>   xfsdump
>   xfsprogs 
> 
> in some Git repository, but the Vcs fields are not set and I could not
> find corresponding repositories on Salsa.  I'm not even sure whether you
> might have some team space there or whether the Debian team might
> sufficiently fulfill your needs.
> 
> I'd be happy if these packages could be maintained in a publicly visible
> Git repository on Salsa, with appropriate Vcs fields set.
> 
> If there are specific reasons why this is currently not the case, I
> would be interested to understand them as well.
> 
> If you need any help with creating some Git repository I can happily
> do so since I have developed some training in doing this.
> 
> Thanks for your work on XFS in Debian, and best regards,
>    Andreas.

I'm not sure what Salsa is, nor what Vcs fields are, I'm assuming this
is a Debian specific thing and I'm not that familiar with Debian
ecosystem...

I'm assuming this is something debian-specific? Perhaps Nathan can chime
in here, because this does not think something related to xfsprogs
upstream development?!

I'm not the xfsprogs maintainer though, but this doesn't seem to be
concerning with xfsprogs upstream development.

> 
> -- 
> https://fam-tille.de
> 

Re: Please migrate xfsdump and xfsprogs Debian packaging to Salsa

[Carlos Maiolino]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 08:55:34PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 08:38:35AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > Hi XFS Development Team,
> > 
> > I'm currently reviewing team-maintained packages that are not exposing
> > Vcs fields.  I assume for some efficient team work you are maintaining
> > 
> >   xfsdump
> >   xfsprogs 
> > 
> > in some Git repository, but the Vcs fields are not set and I could not
> > find corresponding repositories on Salsa.  I'm not even sure whether you
> > might have some team space there or whether the Debian team might
> > sufficiently fulfill your needs.
> > 
> > I'd be happy if these packages could be maintained in a publicly visible
> > Git repository on Salsa, with appropriate Vcs fields set.
> 
> That's more or less a matter of setting a couple of fields in
> debian/control, right?
> 
> Vcs-Browser: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git
> Vcs-Git: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git -b master

ohh.. debian-specific fields for which VCS it uses seems like.


> 
> --D
> 
> > If there are specific reasons why this is currently not the case, I
> > would be interested to understand them as well.
> > 
> > If you need any help with creating some Git repository I can happily
> > do so since I have developed some training in doing this.
> > 
> > Thanks for your work on XFS in Debian, and best regards,
> >    Andreas.
> > 
> > -- 
> > https://fam-tille.de
> > 
> 

Re: Please migrate xfsdump and xfsprogs Debian packaging to Salsa

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Carlos,

Am Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 12:41:08PM +0200 schrieb Carlos Maiolino:
> > > I'd be happy if these packages could be maintained in a publicly visible
> > > Git repository on Salsa, with appropriate Vcs fields set.
> > 
> > That's more or less a matter of setting a couple of fields in
> > debian/control, right?
> > 
> > Vcs-Browser: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git
> > Vcs-Git: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git -b master
> 
> ohh.. debian-specific fields for which VCS it uses seems like.

Yes, Debian specific ... and https://salsa.debian.org is Gitlab instance
Debian is using for the vast majority of packages.  In general there are
good reasons to do the packaging there (for instance to not disturb
upstream maintainers like you with the communication ;-) ) but there are
exceptions from this rule.  I'd be happy to hear from the persons
(Anibal and Nathan are listed) who usually care for the Debian packaging
whether such an exception are these xfs related packages.

If not I'd happily lend a helping hand to migrate the Debian packaging
to Salsa.
 
Kind regards
   Andreas.

-- 
https://fam-tille.de

Re: Please migrate xfsdump and xfsprogs Debian packaging to Salsa

[Carlos Maiolino]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 01:38:52PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Carlos,
> 
> Am Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 12:41:08PM +0200 schrieb Carlos Maiolino:
> > > > I'd be happy if these packages could be maintained in a publicly visible
> > > > Git repository on Salsa, with appropriate Vcs fields set.
> > > 
> > > That's more or less a matter of setting a couple of fields in
> > > debian/control, right?
> > > 
> > > Vcs-Browser: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git
> > > Vcs-Git: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git -b master
> > 
> > ohh.. debian-specific fields for which VCS it uses seems like.
> 
> Yes, Debian specific ... and https://salsa.debian.org is Gitlab instance
> Debian is using for the vast majority of packages.  In general there are
> good reasons to do the packaging there (for instance to not disturb
> upstream maintainers like you with the communication ;-) ) but there are
> exceptions from this rule.  I'd be happy to hear from the persons
> (Anibal and Nathan are listed) who usually care for the Debian packaging
> whether such an exception are these xfs related packages.
> 
> If not I'd happily lend a helping hand to migrate the Debian packaging
> to Salsa.

Ah.. Thanks! this helps a lot!

>  
> Kind regards
>    Andreas.
> 
> -- 
> https://fam-tille.de
> 

Re: Please migrate xfsdump and xfsprogs Debian packaging to Salsa

[Nathan Scott]

Hi all,

On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 11:55 PM Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 08:38:35AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > Hi XFS Development Team,
> >
> > I'm currently reviewing team-maintained packages that are not exposing
> > Vcs fields.  I assume for some efficient team work you are maintaining
> >
> >   xfsdump
> >   xfsprogs
> >
> > in some Git repository, but the Vcs fields are not set and I could not
> > find corresponding repositories on Salsa.  I'm not even sure whether you
> > might have some team space there or whether the Debian team might
> > sufficiently fulfill your needs.
> >
> > I'd be happy if these packages could be maintained in a publicly visible
> > Git repository on Salsa, with appropriate Vcs fields set.
>
> That's more or less a matter of setting a couple of fields in
> debian/control, right?
>
> Vcs-Browser: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git
> Vcs-Git: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git -b master

This is the correct approach to represent the xfsprogs setup, thanks!

cheers.

--
Nathan

> --D
>
> > If there are specific reasons why this is currently not the case, I
> > would be interested to understand them as well.
> >
> > If you need any help with creating some Git repository I can happily
> > do so since I have developed some training in doing this.
> >
> > Thanks for your work on XFS in Debian, and best regards,
> >    Andreas.
> >
> > --
> > https://fam-tille.de
> >
>

Re: Please migrate xfsdump and xfsprogs Debian packaging to Salsa

[Darrick J. Wong]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 12:37:20PM +0200, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> Hi Andreas.
> 
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 08:38:35AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > Hi XFS Development Team,
> > 
> > I'm currently reviewing team-maintained packages that are not exposing
> > Vcs fields.  I assume for some efficient team work you are maintaining
> > 
> >   xfsdump
> >   xfsprogs 
> > 
> > in some Git repository, but the Vcs fields are not set and I could not
> > find corresponding repositories on Salsa.  I'm not even sure whether you
> > might have some team space there or whether the Debian team might
> > sufficiently fulfill your needs.
> > 
> > I'd be happy if these packages could be maintained in a publicly visible
> > Git repository on Salsa, with appropriate Vcs fields set.
> > 
> > If there are specific reasons why this is currently not the case, I
> > would be interested to understand them as well.
> > 
> > If you need any help with creating some Git repository I can happily
> > do so since I have developed some training in doing this.
> > 
> > Thanks for your work on XFS in Debian, and best regards,
> >    Andreas.
> 
> I'm not sure what Salsa is, nor what Vcs fields are, I'm assuming this
> is a Debian specific thing and I'm not that familiar with Debian
> ecosystem...
> 
> I'm assuming this is something debian-specific? Perhaps Nathan can chime
> in here, because this does not think something related to xfsprogs
> upstream development?!
> 
> I'm not the xfsprogs maintainer though, but this doesn't seem to be
> concerning with xfsprogs upstream development.

It is, in the sense that (at least at one time) the debian/ files in the
upstream master branch were used to generate the debian packages.
Nowadays there's a slight divergence every now and then for Debian to
integrate patch backports to old release.

--D