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Bug#999904: Uncoordinated split of debugedit package out of src:rpm



Version: 4.17.0+dfsg1-1

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:19:10PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> control: tag -1 + confirmed pending
> 
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 09:45:06AM +0100, Laurent Bigonville wrote:
> > Source: debugedit,rpm
> > Severity: serious
> > Tags: sid bookworm
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > debugedit has been split out of the src:rpm package, but src:rpm is
> > still building the package as well.
> > 
> > In addition to that, rpm package has a strong versioned dependency
> > against debugedit (debugedit (= 4.16.1.2+dfsg1-3)) which means that rpm
> > cannot be installed anymore.
> > 
> > We need to keep this package out of testing until this is resolved
> 
> FTR, it has not been completely uncoordinated, there is an ongoing
> discussion on the RPM packaging team's mailing list where Matthias
> asked about our plans to upgrade rpm to 4.17 and I confirmed that
> there is work in progress and it will most probably be done in
> the next couple of days.
> 
> Still, thanks for filing this bug for the purpose of keeping the new
> version of debugedit out of testing for the present.

Right, and of course I forgot to close this bug in the 4.17.0+dfsg1-1
changelog entry.

Thanks again for filing it!

G'luck,
Peter

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