[Gluster-users] Important: Debian and Ubuntu packages are changing

[Kaleb Keithley]

*TL;DNR: *updates from glusterfs-5.8 to glusterfs-5.9 and from
glusterfs-6.4 to glusterfs-6.5, — using the package repos on
https://download.gluster.org  or the Gluster PPA on Launchpad— on buster,
bullseye/sid, and some Ubuntu releases may not work, or may not work
smoothly. Consider yourself warned. Plan accordingly.

*Longer Answer*: updates from glusterfs-5.8 to glusterfs-5.9 and from
glusterfs-6.4 to glusterfs-6.5, — using the package repos on
https://download.gluster.org or the Gluster PPA on Launchpad — on buster,
bullseye, and some Ubuntu releases may not work, or may not work smoothly.

*Why*: The original packaging bits were contributed by the Debian
maintainer of GlusterFS. For those that know Debian packaging, these did
not follow normal Debian packaging conventions and best practices. Recently
— for some definition of recent —  the powers that be in Debian apparentl
insisted that the packaging actually start to follow the conventions and
best practices, and the packaging bits were rewritten for Debian. The only
problem is that nobody bothered to notify the Gluster Community that this
was happening. Nor did they send their new bits to GlusterFS. We were left
to find out about it the hard way.

*The Issue*: people who have used the packages from
https://download.gluster.org are experiencing issues updating other
software that depends on glusterfs.

*The Change*: Gluster Community packages will now be built using packaging
bits derived from the Debian packaging bits, which now follow Debian
packaging conventions and best practices.

*Conclusion*: This may be painful, but it's better in the long run for
everyone. The volunteers who generously build packages in their copious
spare time for the community appreciate your patience and understanding.
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