On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 09:15:14AM -0600, Aaron Rainbolt wrote: > It's not causing "eyebrows or worse from upstream", it's causing > literal breakage which is causing upstream issues. Software *should* > make sure to not affect ABI/API in minor releases, but a lot of it > *doesn't* in practice, and this is one of the pain points where it > shows.
The issue is that two upstreams are disagreeing with each other about what ABI/API compatibility means and Debian is stuck in the crossfire. This can only be resolved by upstreams talking to each other, but they do not always see Debian position being untenable as a problem. Cheers, Bill.
