Bug#295375: This is a serious issue

[Tilman Koschnick]

On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 10:29 +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Tilman Koschnick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061231 09:16]:
> > I have discussed this issue with my sponsor in the past, and we have
> > agreed that the proper split is not worth the hassle at the moment. There
> > are no packages apart from gpsd itself depending on the library, and the
> > SONAME has changed regularly and will probably change again soon.
> > 
> > As soon as a package linking to libgps enters the archive, I will make the
> > split and coordinate with the respective maintainers.
> 
> Sounds sensible - and, btw, feel free to downgrade the severity again to
> wishlist.

I will provide a libgpsXX package with the next upstream version of
gpsd, 2.34. This is not going to go into Etch, though.

In the meantime, I tightened the dependency of gpsd-clients on gpsd to
'gpsd (>=2.33), gpsd (<< 2.34)'.

Is this an acceptable solution? And more to the point, would this change
make it into Etch? Otherwise, I will add an appropriate conflict in
version 2.34.

The updated package is at . Other
changes targeted for Etch include debconf translation updates and an
added, previously missing build dependency on autotools-dev. These
changes are in 2.33-5 (already in Sid) and 2.33-6 (to be uploaded); Etch
currently has 2.33-4.

If you agree with these changes, I'll ask my sponsor to upload, and will
follow up on debian-release to get gpsd hinted into Etch.

Cheers, Til


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Bug#295375: This is a serious issue

[Tilman Koschnick]

On Sun, December 31, 2006 9:09, Jordà Polo said:
> On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 08:42:20AM +0100, Tilman Koschnick wrote:
>> I have discussed this issue with my sponsor in the past, and we have
>> agreed that the proper split is not worth the hassle at the moment.
>> There
>> are no packages apart from gpsd itself depending on the library, and the
>> SONAME has changed regularly and will probably change again soon.
>
> Actually, one such package entered Debian a few days ago[1], so it
> is already a real problem. Probably not RC at the moment since this
> package will not make it into etch, but still, it should be fixed as
> soon as possible.
>
>  1. http://packages.debian.org/gaia
>
>> As soon as a package linking to libgps enters the archive, I will make
>> the
>> split and coordinate with the respective maintainers.


Ah, good to know!

Currently, I am travelling abroad for a couple of weeks and have no access
to my repository. I'll look into it once I am back - there is a new
version of gpsd to be packaged as well...

Cheers, Til

Bug#295375: This is a serious issue

[Andreas Barth]

* Tilman Koschnick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061231 09:16]:
> I have discussed this issue with my sponsor in the past, and we have
> agreed that the proper split is not worth the hassle at the moment. There
> are no packages apart from gpsd itself depending on the library, and the
> SONAME has changed regularly and will probably change again soon.
> 
> As soon as a package linking to libgps enters the archive, I will make the
> split and coordinate with the respective maintainers.

Sounds sensible - and, btw, feel free to downgrade the severity again to
wishlist.


Cheers,
Andi
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Bug#295375: This is a serious issue

[Jordà Polo]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 08:42:20AM +0100, Tilman Koschnick wrote:
> I have discussed this issue with my sponsor in the past, and we have
> agreed that the proper split is not worth the hassle at the moment. There
> are no packages apart from gpsd itself depending on the library, and the
> SONAME has changed regularly and will probably change again soon.

Actually, one such package entered Debian a few days ago[1], so it
is already a real problem. Probably not RC at the moment since this
package will not make it into etch, but still, it should be fixed as
soon as possible.

 1. http://packages.debian.org/gaia

> As soon as a package linking to libgps enters the archive, I will make the
> split and coordinate with the respective maintainers.

Great, thanks :)


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Bug#295375: This is a serious issue

[Tilman Koschnick]

On Sat, December 30, 2006 22:56, Andreas Barth said:
> severity 295375 important
> thanks
>
> * Adrian Bunk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061230 12:06]:
>> Please package libgps correctly in libgps15 and libgps-dev.
>>
>> With the current setup, all packages linking with libgps.so.15 will
>> break if a gpsd containing libgps.so.x (x != 15) will ever enter the
>> archive.
>
> Though this statement is true, that is not release critical *yet* -
> because no such package has entered Debian yet.
>
> Of course, this sounds like a worthwhile goal for the Lenny release
> cycle to make such potential future RC bugs go away, but - currently, it
> is not release critical.

I have discussed this issue with my sponsor in the past, and we have
agreed that the proper split is not worth the hassle at the moment. There
are no packages apart from gpsd itself depending on the library, and the
SONAME has changed regularly and will probably change again soon.

As soon as a package linking to libgps enters the archive, I will make the
split and coordinate with the respective maintainers.

Cheers, Til

Bug#295375: This is a serious issue

[Andreas Barth]

severity 295375 important
thanks

* Adrian Bunk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061230 12:06]:
> Please package libgps correctly in libgps15 and libgps-dev.
> 
> With the current setup, all packages linking with libgps.so.15 will 
> break if a gpsd containing libgps.so.x (x != 15) will ever enter the 
> archive.

Though this statement is true, that is not release critical *yet* -
because no such package has entered Debian yet.

Of course, this sounds like a worthwhile goal for the Lenny release
cycle to make such potential future RC bugs go away, but - currently, it
is not release critical.


Cheers,
Andi
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Bug#295375: This is a serious issue

[Adrian Bunk]

severity 295375 serious
thanks

Please package libgps correctly in libgps15 and libgps-dev.

With the current setup, all packages linking with libgps.so.15 will 
break if a gpsd containing libgps.so.x (x != 15) will ever enter the 
archive.

cu
Adrian

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