Bug#1025958: RFS: libunistring/1.1-1~experimental2 [RC] -- Unicode string library for C [transitional package]

[Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>]

On 2022-12-12 15:39:38 +0100, Jörg Frings-Fürst wrote:
> Hello Sebstian,
> 
> thanke for your quick review.
> 
> Am Montag, dem 12.12.2022 um 15:31 +0100 schrieb Sebastian Ramacher:
> > Control: tags -1 moreinfo
> > 
> > Hi Järg
> > 
> > On 2022-12-12 15:25:45 +0100, Jörg Frings-Fürst wrote:
> > > Package: sponsorship-requests
> > > Severity: important
> > > 
> > > Dear mentors,
> > > 
> > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libunistring":
> > > 
> > >    Package name     : libunistring
> > >    Version          : 1.1-1~experimental2
> > >    Upstream contact : Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
> > >    URL              : https://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/
> > >    License          : GPL-3+, GPL-2+, LGPL-3+ or GPL-2+,
> > > FreeSoftware,                 GPL-3+ or GFDL-NIV-1.2+, GPL-2+ with
> > > distribution                        exception, GPL-2+ with
> > > distribution
> > > exception,  
> > >                       Expat and GPL-2+, X11
> > >    Vcs              : https://jff.email/cgit/libunistring.git
> > >    Section          : libs
> > > 
> > > The source builds the following binary packages:
> > > 
> > >   libunistring-dev - Unicode string library for C - development
> > > files
> > >   libunistring5 - Unicode string library for C
> > >   libunistring2 - Unicode string library for C [transitional
> > > package]
> > > 
> > > To access further information about this package, please visit the
> > > following URL:
> > > 
> > >   https://mentors.debian.net/package/libunistring/
> > > 
> > > Alternatively, you can download the package with 'dget' using this
> > > command:
> > > 
> > >  dget -x
> > > https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/libu/libunistring/libunistring_1.1-1~experimental2.dsc
> > > 
> > > or from 
> > > 
> > >  git
> > > https://jff.email/cgit/libunistring.git/?h=release%2Fdebian%2F1.1-1_experimental2
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Changes since the last upload:
> > > 
> > >  libunistring (1.1-1~experimental2) experimental; urgency=medium
> > >  .
> > >    * debian/control:
> > >      - libunistring2 (Closes: #1025901):
> > >        + Change Architecture to all.
> > >        + Remove Multi-Arch: same.
> > >        + Add Priority: optional.
> > 
> > No, that does not fix #1025901. libunistring is transitioning from
> > libunistring2 to libunistring5. Hence, no libunistring.so.2 is built
> > and libunistring2 needs to be removed.
> > 
> > Also,
> > 
> >  Breaks: libunistring2 (<< 1.1-1~)
> >  Replaces: libunistring2 (<< 1.1-1~)
> > 
> > in libuinstring5 is wrong. There are no files that are replaced.
> > Please
> > fix these issues.
> > 
> 
> I have followed [1][2]. What is wrong with that?

You are not moving a file from one package to another. For [1][2] to
apply, the patch would have to be exactly the same. Since 2 is replaced
with 5, that's not the case.

Cheers

> 
> > Cheers
> > 
> [...]
> 
> CU 
> Jörg
> 
> [1] https://wiki.debian.org/PackageTransition #5
> [2] https://wiki.debian.org/RenamingPackages
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Sebastian Ramacher