Re: Soname bumps, new binary packages - NEW/BY-HAND queue uploading?
On 2022-04-06 Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 03:02:07PM +0100, Philip Wyett wrote:
> > Could someone point me to the documentation that relates to upload
> > of packages that have new binary packages i.e. name change during an
> > update? Specifically to the new/by-hand queue.
> Dunno where the docs are, but in short:
> * rename the binary package:
> + edit debian/control
> + mv debian/libfoo42.* → libfoo43.*
> + "git grep libfoo42" elsewhere, just to be sure
> * [optional but strongly recommended] test the library's users
> * request a sponsored upload even if you're a DM
> * once it passes NEW, its users might need a binNMU to rebuild with the new
> soname
[...]
Worth mentioning: An upload introducing new biary packages cannot be a
source-only upload, the binaries needs to included in the upload.
cu Andreas
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