[noble] RM: openvswitch [armhf] -- marked 64-bit only in Debian

[Frode Nordahl]

The Open vSwitch package in Debian has been marked 64-bit [0][1] only and as a consequence the imported package to Noble is currently failing proposed-migration.

I suggest we follow suit and remove the openvswitch package for armhf architecture in Noble.

More extended discussions are available on the Debian pkg-dpdk-devel list [2][3][4].

0: https://salsa.debian.org/openstack-team/third-party/openvswitch/-/commit/b24e3553c87260019da3d335e5f9493cefba6e1d
1: https://<email address hidden>/msg1941939.html
2: https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-dpdk-devel/Week-of-Mon-20230703/thread.html
3: https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-dpdk-devel/Week-of-Mon-20230710/001016.html
4: https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-dpdk-devel/Week-of-Mon-20231120/001051.html

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

this report is missing information what to do about the reverse dependencies:

$ reverse-depends -a armhf python3-openvswitch
Reverse-Depends
===============
* openvswitch-ipsec
* openvswitch-switch
* openvswitch-vtep
* python3-neutron
* python3-os-ken
* python3-ovn-bgp-agent
* python3-ovn-octavia-provider
* python3-ovsdbapp

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

Removing packages from noble:
 openvswitch-common 3.2.0-2build1 in noble armhf
 openvswitch-ipsec 3.2.0-2build1 in noble armhf
 openvswitch-switch 3.2.0-2build1 in noble armhf
 openvswitch-testcontroller 3.2.0-2build1 in noble armhf
 openvswitch-vtep 3.2.0-2build1 in noble armhf
 python3-openvswitch 3.2.0-2build1 in noble armhf
Comment: LP: #2045143, remove armhf binaries
6 packages successfully removed.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

it appears this is done, with no residual uninstallable revdeps per https://ubuntu-archive-team.ubuntu.com/proposed-migration/noble_uninst.txt