Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: remove isar-bootstrap support

["'Jan Kiszka' via isar-users" <isar-users@googlegroups.com>]

On 11.11.25 16:46, 'Jan Kiszka' via isar-users wrote:
> On 11.11.25 16:33, Anton Mikanovich wrote:
>> 11/11/2025 17:28, 'Clara Kowalsky' via isar-users wrote:
>>> The minimal base system for the initial schroot rootfs at build is
>>> generated by default by isar-mmdebstrap. The old-school alternative
>>> isar-bootstrap is outdated, untested by the isar testsuite and is
>>> therefore removed.
>>> The preferred provider of bootstrap-[host,target] can still be
>>> overwritten.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Clara Kowalsky <clara.kowalsky@siemens.com>
>>>   
>> Even if nobody use isar-bootstrap, I think we should first mark it as
>> deprecated, and remove only after the next release will be done.
> 
> It is de facto deprecated: we don't test it anymore, and it accumulates
> bugs.
> 
> If we leave it hanging around, we still need to decide what to do with
> the currently known issue.
> 

We need to decide how to move forward here. The current state of this
feature is already beyond "deprecated", it's "untested + broken". This
is not ok. At the same time, I haven't heard any voice to invest further
into it.

Jan

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