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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