* Chris Vanden Berghe [Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:03:38 +0100]:> Hi Adeodato and Dafydd,Hi Chris,> I prepared a new meanwhile package today... this package changes the so > version to 1. Where upstream didn''t care about versioning in the past, > they (he) seem to have gotten serious about it and the library seems to > be mostly stable now.> As kopete depends on libmeanwhile0 and I don''t want to break anything, I > would like to ask your advice on how to proceed. Can I just go ahead > and upload the new meanwhile source package that builds libmeanwhile1? > Would you be willing to take a quick look at the package before I upload?I''ve taken a quick look. The soname bump seems necessary since some symbols are dropped. Glad to hear upstream plans on non breaking things frequently in the future. :) As for kopete, I''ve tried to build it against libmeanwhile1, and it fails. The max meanwhile version supported by the kopete in unstable is claimed to be 0.5.0. Support for 1.0.1 exists in the development version, but it doesn''t seem like easily backportable to me. (So thanks for contacting in advance.) Given that, and depending on how soon you want meanwhile 1.0.1 in unstable, I''d go with: (a) hold your upload until we (KDE packagers) investigate the viability of backporting the patch; if it''s viable you can upload, if it''s not, we''ll ask you to do (b) below (or one of us will do it). (b) if you prefer not to wait, prepare a meanwhile0 source package now, which is a copy in the one in unstable right now, but produces libmeanwhile0-dev instead. Upload. After it clears up NEW, you''re free to upload meanwhile 1.0.1 whenever you want. (If you''d rather not do this, I guess one of us can do it.)> http://chris.vandenberghe.org/debian/meanwhile/(I recommend that you do not put changes files signed with your DD key in a public location. Anybody could upload that now.)> Thanks, > Chris.Thanks to you, P.S.: For -talk, http://ozlabs.org/~jk/projects/kopete-meanwhile/. -- Adeodato Sim? dato at net.com.org.es Debian Developer adeodato at debian.org Guy on cell: Yeah, I mean she''s not easy to talk to, because, you know, she''ll be like, "What did you do this weekend?" and I''ll say, "Nothing", but really I was fucking some other girl. -- http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/003179.html
Hi Adeodato, Thanks for taking a look at the package! I followed your hint and removed the .changes files.> I''ve taken a quick look. The soname bump seems necessary since some > symbols are dropped. Glad to hear upstream plans on non breaking > things frequently in the future. :) > > As for kopete, I''ve tried to build it against libmeanwhile1, and it > fails. The max meanwhile version supported by the kopete in unstable > is claimed to be 0.5.0. Support for 1.0.1 exists in the development > version, but it doesn''t seem like easily backportable to me. (So > thanks for contacting in advance.) > > Given that, and depending on how soon you want meanwhile 1.0.1 in > unstable, I''d go with: > > (a) hold your upload until we (KDE packagers) investigate the > viability of backporting the patch; if it''s viable you can > upload, if it''s not, we''ll ask you to do (b) below (or one of us > will do it). > > (b) if you prefer not to wait, prepare a meanwhile0 source package > now, which is a copy in the one in unstable right now, but > produces libmeanwhile0-dev instead. Upload. After it clears up > NEW, you''re free to upload meanwhile 1.0.1 whenever you want. > (If you''d rather not do this, I guess one of us can do it.)Well, my preference is depending on how long a) would take you... if it''s only a couple of days, then I''ll certainly wait until you took a look at the patch. If not, then I would prefer to go ahead with b). I actually already looked quickly at b) and have 3 questions about it: 1) after changing changelog and control file to reflect the new libmeanwhile0-dev package, can I just rename /usr/lib/libmeanwhile.(l)a to /usr/lib/libmeanwhile0.(l)a in the libmeanwhile0-dev package? 2) the symbolic link /usr/lib/libmeanwhile.so is in both libmeanwhile-dev (the new version) as in libmeanwhile0-dev, should I delete it from libmeanwhile0-dev? 3) any replaces/provides required for any of the packages? Thanks, Chris.
> (a) hold your upload until we (KDE packagers) investigate the > viability of backporting the patch; if it''s viable you can > upload, if it''s not, we''ll ask you to do (b) below (or one of > us will do it).OK, we''ve got a patch which should allow us to upload a kdenetwork built against the new libmeanwhile (version 1.0.1. I see that 1.0.2 is out, but I''m assuming that it''s compatible with 1.0.1. If not, then we need to talk more). So you''re clear to upload to Sid. If you could just ping pkg-kde-talk@lists.alioth.debian.org when you upload, then we can follow with an updated kdenetwork ASAP. Thanks for co-ordinating with us! Cheers, Christopher Martin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 249 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-kde-talk/attachments/20060114/400c0116/attachment.pgp
Hey Christopher, Thanks for fixing this so quickly! I''ve uploaded a revised meanwhile source package some minutes ago. It is waiting in the NEW queue as it builds a new binary package... Thanks again, Chris. --- Christopher Martin wrote:>> (a) hold your upload until we (KDE packagers) investigate the >> viability of backporting the patch; if it''s viable you can >> upload, if it''s not, we''ll ask you to do (b) below (or one of >> us will do it). > > OK, we''ve got a patch which should allow us to upload a kdenetwork built > against the new libmeanwhile (version 1.0.1. I see that 1.0.2 is out, but > I''m assuming that it''s compatible with 1.0.1. If not, then we need to talk > more). So you''re clear to upload to Sid. If you could just ping > pkg-kde-talk@lists.alioth.debian.org when you upload, then we can follow > with an updated kdenetwork ASAP. > > Thanks for co-ordinating with us! > > Cheers, > Christopher Martin