On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 11:59:16AM +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 10:39:28PM +0200 Simon Josefsson wrote: > > All, > > > > we now have > > > > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/golang-gitlab-gitlab-org-api-client-go > > > > in unstable that is the rename-upload of > > > > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/golang-github-xanzy-go-gitlab > > > > yay! > > > What is the next step here? The old package has two reverse build > > depends: > > > > cosign: golang-github-xanzy-go-gitlab-dev > > glab: golang-github-xanzy-go-gitlab-dev (0.108.0 >=) > > > > Upstream for cosign and glab already moved to new namespace, so we could > > upload them to use the new renamed package. > > glab-1.53.0-1 is now prepared [1] for being sponsored, using the new > golang-gitlab-gitlab-org-api-client-go. glab-1.53.0-1 has been uploaded (thanks to unit193). Simon, is there a chance that you can upload a version of cosign with the new dependency before the freeze? Then we'd not have any reverse-dependency on the of golang-github-xanzy-go-gitlab. > > We have the following bug report about a file conflict between these two > > packages. I haven't done any Go package rename before, so I suspect > > this one will be resolved if we complete the package rename process. > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1101345 > > Do we have to keep that compatibility symlink? It is requested by [2] but we > forgot to add a 'Conflicts' and I think Helmut's critic is sensible. > > From my go-packaging-newbie point of view, I am in favour of > > * Remove the symlink from golang-gitlab-gitlab-org-api-client-go-dev and > upload as soon as possible > > * Upload new versions of cosign and glab to unstable > (if this is still allowed) > > Do we have to keep (some kind of) compatibility to the old package, even if > there are no reverse build dependencies in Debian any more? I am still in favor of removing the symlink before the freeze. Or are there any arguments against that? (I can prepare the package but do not have upload rights.) Kind regards, Nicolas
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