Hi, On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 11:55 PM Peymaneh Nejad <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > there is two packages I am working on that depend on packages that are in > unstable, but outdated. > > first is go.step.sm/linkedca > which depends on a newer version of golang-google-grpc-dev. I have filed a > bug[1] and offered to update the package myself but not received an answer. > I would propose to go on and do an update myself on a debian/experimental > branch >
I think there's no problem if you work on _experimental_. As the name indicates, it's experimental. Meanwhile the packages are team maintained, you can do a team upload. Just don't upload to _unstable_ currently, as we are in freeze. However if the freeze is over, then you want to bump version in unstable, please test the library's reverse-depends[1]. We share a single version of a library. Just like caddy pin a particular version of a library, other packages do the same. The procedure is more like a transition[1], but without asking release team for a time slot and binNMU. [1] The recommended tool is ratt, https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/ratt/ratt.1.en.html [2] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam/Transitions -- Shengjing Zhu
