Re: Splitting a source package with a new upstream version

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org>, 2015-09-22, 11:08:
> 1. upload a 2.2.0 version of the library, with the Python bindings 
> dropped. python-pyfann currently has a versioned dependency on a 
> specific version of the library, libfann2 (=2.1.0~beta+dfsg-1). 
> Therefore, The library itself will not be upgradeable without breaking 
> or removing python-pyfann.
> 2. Upload the Python bindings from the new upstream source, built 
> against the new version of the library
> 3. After the bindings have passed NEW, both library and bindings should 
> be upgradeable smoothly.

Sounds good to me. Although to minimize time when python-pyfann is 
uninstallable, you might want to do it in a different order:
upload src:pyfann first,
wait until it's accepted,
then upload src:libfann that no longer builds python-pyfann.

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Jakub Wilk