Re: binNMU requests for the ocaml transition
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 11:13:19PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:01:54AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 06:16:28PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > Anyway, the script I'm using for this is smart enough that it won't pick up
> > > any false-positives for packages you've already uploaded, because it knows
> > > not to try to binNMU packages that are sourcefully out-of-date on an
> > > architecture.
>
> > > Which is why, all I should need to know is the list of packages that are
> > > being renamed. :)
>
> > BTW, didn't we decide to add a 'ocaml-abi-<version>' virtual package which
> > would be depended on by all ocaml packages, so this one can be used as root of
> > the rebuild tree, without waiting for a list of any kind ? Or was it in the
> > kernel discussion that i proposed such an idea ?
>
> > Steve, do you think that this would be a good idea ?
>
> It doesn't seem to have any relevance to the question of binNMUing.
If all packages that depend on the ocaml abi version have a dependency on
ocaml-abi-3.09.[12], you need not ask those questions, and simply grep the
archive for all packages still depdending on ocaml-abi-3.09.1, and binNMU
them.
It is not necessarily an improvement in functionality over the current case,
but it is much more clear and convenient, and this field can even be used as a
documented way to check the abi revision.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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