Re: Changing SONAME in library version
Dear mentors,
could someone give me a hint on how to proceed here?
debian-devel@liska.ath.cx (Olе Streicher) writes:
> Tobias Frost <tobi@frost.de> writes:
>> For soname changes you probably wanted to set up a transition.
>> http://wiki.debian.org/OngoingTransitions
>> (Usually that should be done before the upload to unstable) The
>> transistion page helps a lot to keep track of the transistion, so you
>> should ask the release team to set one up for you.
>>
>> The release team will then also schedule the binNMUs for you.
>
> I still not understand: why do I need a binNMU? Only two packages depend
> on the shared library, both packaged are maintained by myself and I have
> new versions of them in sync with the library. Even if the latter would
> not be the case -- since I am the maintainer, I could just upload a new
> (unchanged) release to trigger recompilation.
>
> By reading [1], I could not completely follow how the transition is
> usually done, who is involved etc. I already have filed a transition
> bug. The release team will now setup a transition page, right? What
> should I do after this happened? And how is my sponsor involved in the
> whole process?
>
> Best regards
>
> Ole
>
> [1] http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam/Transitions
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