On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 08:08:09PM +0100, Jörg Frings-Fürst wrote: > Hello Steve,
> I have uploaded a new upstream release including your changes to mentors. > Please use the new release if possible. Sorry, as pertains to the transition this is all scripted against the patches that have been generated and we can't commit to doing other changes as part of it. > Am Donnerstag, dem 01.02.2024 um 07:29 +0000 schrieb Steve Langasek: > > Source: libhx > > Version: 4.19-1 > > Severity: serious > > Tags: patch pending > > Justification: library ABI skew on upgrade > > User: debian-...@lists.debian.org > > Usertags: time-t > > > > Dear maintainer, > > > > As part of the 64-bit time_t transition required to support 32-bit > > architectures in 2038 and beyond > > (https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/64bit-time), we have identified > > libhx as a source package shipping runtime libraries whose ABI > > either is affected by the change in size of time_t, or could not be > > analyzed via abi-compliance-checker (and therefore to be on the safe > > side we assume is affected). > > > > To ensure that inconsistent combinations of libraries with their > > reverse-dependencies are never installed together, it is necessary to > > have a library transition, which is most easily done by renaming the > > runtime library package. > > > > Since turning on 64-bit time_t is being handled centrally through a change > > to the default dpkg-buildflags (https://bugs.debian.org/1037136), it is > > important that libraries affected by this ABI change all be uploaded close > > together in time. Therefore I have prepared a 0-day NMU for libhx > > which will initially be uploaded to experimental if possible, then to > > unstable after packages have cleared binary NEW. > > > > Please find the patch for this NMU attached. > > > > If you have any concerns about this patch, please reach out ASAP. Although > > this package will be uploaded to experimental immediately, there will be a > > period of several days before we begin uploads to unstable; so if > > information > > becomes available that your package should not be included in the > > transition, > > there is time for us to amend the planned uploads. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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