Re: Splitting a source package with a new upstream version
On 2015-09-23 11:56, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * 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.
Thank you for the feedback!
> 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.
That is better indeed.
Regards,
Christian
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