Bug#332647: build against dbus/hal from experimental

[Michael Biebl <biebl@teco.edu>]

Package: kdebase
Severity: wishlist
Tags: experimental

Hi,

I'm currently trying to package (k)powersave for Debian/unstable.
Unfortunately dbus/hal in unstable are pretty outdated, (k)powersave
needs at least dbus>=0.33 and hal>=0.54. There are uptodate versions of
dbus/hal in experimental but an update of dbus/hal to experimental
removes a lot of the kdebase packages as they are linked against the old
dbus/hal version.

Would it be possible to provide kdebase packages for experimental
which link against the new dbus/hal packages? Kubuntu already has the
necessary patches (debian/patches/kubuntu_23_hal_api.diff) which could
be used as a basis for a Debian patch.

As it is not likely that in the near future dbus_0.50/hal_0.5.4 enters
unstable with all the currently ongoing transitions (xorg, GNOME, KDE,
gcc, etc) a version in experimental would be a great way to test the new
functionalities of hal/dbus in kdebase.

Regards,
Michael


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (300, 'experimental')
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Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.6
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