* Manuel Prinz [Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:49:23 +0100]: > Am Sonntag, den 15.03.2009, 16:14 +0100 schrieb Adeodato Simó: > > Indeed, bumping the SONAME in 1.3.1 would be great if indeed ABI > > compatibility has been broken. Thanks for pursuing this.
> Upstream discusses the plans for future releases and dealing with > SONAMEs on their development list. We'll see where they end up, there is > no definite plan yet. Okay; I think it’s reasonable to wait, as long as we make sure it gets addressed at some point. Maybe we should open a separate bug report for it? > So, to get the issue fixed, my current plan is as follows: > 1.) Fix the build issues. > 2.) Fake the SONAME change by changing the library package name. [*] Ok. > 3.) Patch and build all dependant software. > 4.) File bugs for all packages, including patches. > 5.) NMU if no response in a reasonable time frame. Uhm, what kind of patches are needed? Has the API changed as well between 1.2 and 1.3? > I do not know if this plan is reasonable and the release-team is OK with > it. I will of course let them know about this before I take any action. > (Or is it OK to coordinate just with you?) Feedback is welcome and > appreciated, since this is the first time I need to do that. It is better to coordinate with the debian-rele...@lists.d.o list, I’ll be reading that anyway. Cheers, -- - Are you sure we're good? - Always. -- Rory and Lorelai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org