Am 19.08.2015 um 01:55 schrieb Simon McVittie: > On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 at 13:04:27 +0200, Markus Koschany wrote: >> I would like to request a transition for bullet due to a SONAME bump in >> the latest version 2.83.5 as soon as GCC 5 is the new default. > > A version of 2.83.5 built with gcc 4 is in testing, and rdeps have already > been built against it, so I think you're going to need "v5" package names. > > I am not a release team member, but I believe the current policy is that > you may/should upload any time after your C++ build-dependencies have > transitioned. In the case of bullet, the only C++ build-dep seems to be > tinyxml, which has had libtinyxml2.6.2v5 arrive on all architectures; > so you should be clear to proceed. > > If you are not a DD, you will need a sponsor (DMs can't upload new > package names). I am in pkg-games and could sponsor an upload that > you stage in git, or start the transition myself, if required.
I wonder why we cannot just rebuild the library and request binNMU's for the small number of reverse-dependencies since we already had a SONAME and package name change in the last two weeks. Changing the package names again seems to be a bit like overkill for bullet. Markus
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