On Wed, 2022-04-06 at 16:16 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 03:02:07PM +0100, Philip Wyett wrote: > > Could someone point me to the documentation that relates to upload of > > packages that have new > > binary > > packages i.e. name change during an update? Specifically to the new/by-hand > > queue. > > Dunno where the docs are, but in short: > > * rename the binary package: > + edit debian/control > + mv debian/libfoo42.* → libfoo43.* > + "git grep libfoo42" elsewhere, just to be sure > * [optional but strongly recommended] test the library's users > * request a sponsored upload even if you're a DM > * once it passes NEW, its users might need a binNMU to rebuild with the new > soname > > For a sane library, that's it. > > On the other hand, if the -dev package name changes as well, it's > effectively a new package; usually co-installable with the old version. > > > Meow!
Thanks Adam, that answered it for me. I will do a mentors upload later on. Regards Phil -- *** Playing the game for the games own sake. *** WWW: https://kathenas.org Twitter: @kathenasorg IRC: kathenas GPG: 724AA9B52F024C8B
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