Hi Scott, as far as I know I already prepared the transition and reassigned it to release.d.o. Is this something new or just an oversight?
Ondřej On August 16, 2015 12:52:36 AM GMT+02:00, Scott Kitterman <deb...@kitterman.com> wrote: >Package: libbotan-1.10-0 >Version: 1.10.8-2 >Severity: important > >Background [1]: libstdc++6 introduces a new ABI to conform to the >C++11 standard, but keeps the old ABI to not break existing binaries. >Packages which are built with g++-5 from experimental (not the one >from testing/unstable) are using the new ABI. Libraries built from >this source package export some of the new __cxx11 or B5cxx11 symbols, >and dropping other symbols. If these symbols are part of the API of >the library, then this rebuild with g++-5 will trigger a transition >for the library. > >What is needed (note: this is the standard libstdc++6 bug template with >some updates/additions): > > - Rebuild the library using g++/g++-5 from experimental. Note that > most likely all C++ libraries within the build dependencies need > a rebuild too. You can find the log for a rebuild in > https://people.debian.org/~doko/logs/gcc5-20150701/ > Search for "BEGIN GCC CXX11" in the log. >https://people.debian.org/~doko/logs/gcc5-20150701/botan1.10_1.10.8-2_unstable_gcc5.log > > - Decide if the symbols matching __cxx11 or B5cxx11 are part of the > library API, and are used by the reverse dependencies of the > library. > > - If there are no symbols matching __cxx11 or B5cxx11 in the symbols > forming the library API, you should close this issue with a short > explanation. > > - If there are no reverse dependencies, it should be the package > maintainers decision if a transition is needed. However this might > break software which is not in the Debian archive, and built > against these packages. > > - If a library transition is needed, please prepare for the change. > Rename the library package, append "v5" to the name of the package > (e.g. libfoo2 -> libfoo2v5). Such a change can be avoided, if you > have a soversion bump and you upload this version instead of the > renamed package. Prepare a patch and attach it to this issue (mark > this issue with patch), so that it is possible to NMU such a > package. We'll probably have more than hundred transitions > triggered. Then reassign the issue to release.debian.org and > properly tag it as a transition issue, by sending an email to > cont...@bugs.debian.org: > > user release.debian....@packages.debian.org > usertag <this issue> + transition > block <this issue> by 790756 > reassign <this issue> release.debian.org > > - If unsure if a transition is needed, please tag the issue with help > to ask for feedback from other Debian developers. > >The libstdc++6 transition will be a large one, and it will come with a >lot of pain. Please help it by preparing the follow-up transitions. > >[1] https://wiki.debian.org/GCC5#libstdc.2B-.2B-_ABI_transition > >Additional information: > >A transition is needed. Ovito will FTBFS unless both botan1.10 and >qscintilla2 are updated (I discovered this preparing the qscintilla2 >transition). -- Ondřej Surý
