Update: FTP masters have been very quick and approved the package, so the snapshot is already in experimental. [1]
I've also rebuilt all reverse depdencies successfully and asked the release team to approve the transition. [2] [1] https://packages.debian.org/source/experimental/log4cxx [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1027746 Cheers, -- tobi On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 10:52:43AM +0100, Tobias Frost wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 05:21:34PM -0500, Robert Middleton wrote: > > > The last time we talked about this Tobias Frost said that the > > soft-freeze for Debian is the 12th of January[1], so after that point > > an updated library wouldn't make it into Debian. I would like to get > > this version into Debian if possible(as that is the distribution I > > use), but that depends on Tobias' availability. > > To have a chance to make that happen, I've started the transistion workflow > [1]. > TBH, due to the soft freeze is in less than two weeks, changes are high that > we won't make it, but at least I want to have tried it. > > The first step is "Upload your new version to experimental (and have it clear > NEW)", which is what I've just have done: I've uploaded a snapshot (commit > cbd23ff1) to debian experimental. This needs now to be approved by the > (Debian) > ftp masters, which is (usually) for such a change quick, but if they aren't or > not happy for any reason, this can spoil the game. [2] > > Only after that, I can ask for a transition slot from the release team. If > they are > not happy with a transition that late (IOW that short before the freeze), well > that will be something I have to accept and that will mean 1.0.0 not in > bookworm. > > In parallel I'll see if the reverse dependencies are still building with the > new version, as for any breakage I will need to have patches available… > > So, let's see how it works out. > > [1] if you want to know the details: > https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam/Transitions > [2] It needs to go through NEW due to the binary package rename, due to the > SONAME bump. > > -- > tobi
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