Is there any way the removal of maitreya from testing can be delayed until after the new version of sqlite3 becomes available in unstable? On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 02:06:51AM +0100, Olly Betts wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 07:13:40PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > > On Fri, 30 May 2014, Paul Elliott wrote: > > > > >I have just been notified that my project is being removed from debian testing > > >because of the resolution of bug 741730: > > >https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741730 > > > > > >Apparently wxsqlite3 is being replaced by functionality in wxwidgets3.0. > > No, the wxsqlite3 package is being updated to be built for wxwidgets3.0 > instead of wxwidgets2.8. > > > >my project includes the file: > > >#include "wx/wxsqlite3.h" > > > > > >and links to > > > > > >-lwxsqlite3-2.8 -lsqlite3 > > Once the new version of wxsqlite3 which uses wxwidgets3.0 is uploaded to > unstable (it's currently in experimental), you'll need to change this > to instead be: > > -lwxsqlite3-3.0 -lsqlite3 > > > >But debian package search can not find a file named wxsqlite3.h > > >anywhere in unstable except for libwxsqlite3-2.8-dev > > >which is what they are trying to get rid of. > > That'll be replaced by libwxsqlite3-3.0-dev. > > You'll also need to update the build dependencies for wxwidgets2.8 to > wxwidgets3.0. Instead of: > > libwxbase2.8-dev, libwxgtk2.8-dev, wx2.8-headers, wx2.8-i18n > > You should just use: > > libwxgtk3.0-dev, wx3.0-i18n > > (Assuming you actually need the i18n files at *build* time - if not, > the wx*-i18n). > > You may need to patch your upstream code to work with wx3.0. I've > not yet got to maitreya in my bug filing for the wx3.0 transition, > but I'll file a bug shortly with more info. > > > You're right. I'm cc'ing Olly and Lazlo and hopefully they can help > > you. The bug report that the new version should be backwards > > compatible but if this is not the case we need to make sure the old > > package doesn't get removed. (Or that Maitreya can be updated.) > > The "autorm" from testing may sound a bit scary, but it's really just > a way to make transitions less painful. If a package does get > removed by this, once a fixed upload is made to unstable, it'll > migrate back to testing in the usual way. But it's 4 weeks off, so > we should be able to get things fixed by then anyway. > > Cheers, > Olly -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelliott@BlackPatchPanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 --- "Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it." Edward Snowden
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