Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: transition
Dear release team, We would like to update ocaml from 4.02.3 to 4.05.0. This is 3 major releases (and 2 years) ahead. With current unstable, on amd64: - 9 source uploads (at least) are needed - 222 packages rebuild fine with no changes - 22 packages FTBFS with the new version - 18 packages cannot be rebuilt because one of their b-deps FTBFS Among the latter 40 packages, 32 are in testing. Bug reports have been submitted for some of them [1] and patches are available. The remaining ones are pretty self-contained (no external reverse dependencies) and can be removed from testing if they get in the way. I've put details at [2]. ocaml 4.05.0 and a few selected packages have been uploaded to experimental and build fine on all architectures [3]. [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=ocaml-4.05.0-transition;users=debian-ocaml-ma...@lists.debian.org [2] http://ocaml.debian.net/debian/ocaml-4.05.0%2Brc1/ [3] https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=ocaml%2Ccamlp4%2Cfindlib%2Cocamlbuild&suite=experimental&compact=compact So, basically, this transition is ready to be started from my point of view. I will take care of the necessary binNMUs. Ben file: title = "ocaml"; is_affected = .depends ~ /ocaml(-base)?(-nox)?-4.02.3/ | .depends ~ /ocaml(-base)?(-nox)?-4.05.0/; is_good = .depends ~ /ocaml(-base)?(-nox)?-4.05.0/; is_bad = .depends ~ /ocaml(-base)?(-nox)?-4.02.3/; Cheers, -- Stéphane -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.11.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)