Control: tags -1 confirmed Control: forwarded -1 https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/grantlee5-3.html
On 2023-09-19 16:52:46 +0200, Pino Toscano wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: transition > X-Debbugs-Cc: grantl...@packages.debian.org, > pkg-kde-t...@alioth-lists.debian.net > Control: affects -1 + src:grantlee5 > > Hi, > > grantlee (packaged in Debian in src:grantlee5) is a library (two > libraries, in practice) that has a stable API/ABI. The new release > 5.3.x, currently in experimental, is generally usable by users > built with the old version. > > The only gotcha is that plugins for it are installed and loaded from > paths with the major and minor version in it, i.e. > ../plugins/grantlee/<MAJOR>.<MINOR>/ > This means that, after the upgrade to a new minor series, the plugins > installed after building with the old version are not used anymore; > usually software using grantlee and shipping plugins for it follows > the grantlee version, so a simple rebuild is enough to fix the issue. Please go ahead. Cheers -- Sebastian Ramacher