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Re: libjpeg62-dev -> libjpeg-dev transition



On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 12:04:32AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Dear developers,
> 
> There is a new version of libjpeg in the archive (JPEG7), but is it
> not yet cleared for building packages against it.
> 
> If your package Build-Depends on libjpeg62-dev, please change to 'libjpeg-dev'
> (without the 62) to ease the transition.

Err no, please don't.

First I'd like to see packages already build-depending on libjpeg-dev to
be rebuilt against a libjpeg7 that provides libjpeg-dev.

In order to do that please provide a libjpeg6 not providing libjpeg-dev
and a libjpeg7-dev which does provides it.

I'll put blocks in my hint file to be sure that both those packages will
migrate in testing together (I'm unsure if britney is clever enough to
block them until all the binNMUs are done, I don't think it is). Then
please ask for binNMUs of all the package that B-D on libjpeg-dev. Then
we will let that migrate.


_Only then_ you will open a mass bug on all packages that b-d on
libjpeg62-dev to ask them to move to libjpeg-dev instead, so that the
transition remains manageable.

Doing it the other way ensures loads of pain to come.


I'm not sure if we're ready for this transition yet though, I'll let luk
or other RA/RM check if now is the best moment to do so.
-- 
·O·  Pierre Habouzit
··O                                                madcoder@debian.org
OOO                                                http://www.madism.org

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