Bug#760518: transition: gnome 3.14

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>]

Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: transition

Hi,

We've been working on GNOME 3.14 during the summer, with the intention
of trying to get it into Jessie. Most of the core packages are in
experimental or in svn by now. It is my intention to get the final bits
into experimental over the weekend and then deciding whether to go for
it right after that, depending on how things look.

So far it seems pretty easy compared to e.g. the 3.8 -> 3.12 upgrade,
as there are very few internal SONAME bumps (that shouldn't affect
non-GNOME modules) and we won't block on external bits, like we did
with upower and bluez for the previous upgrade.

Anyway I'll post a more detailed summary later on and then we can
decide whether this is feasible for Jessie. If we go for it, I expect
we can do it after the current ongoing transitions and have it done
in 5 to 10 days (the time to upload a few packages, scheduled binNMUs
and wait for everything to settle and transition). I think everything
could be done by mid-September.

Cheers,
Emilio