* Steve Langasek (vorlon@debian.org) wrote: > Hi Eric, > > On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 01:23:36AM -0400, Eric Dorland wrote: > > Although not reported as a bug, openct 0.6.2 (the version in testing) > > needed a soname bump but didn't get it. 0.6.4 fixes that problem, and > > since opensc and openct are somewhat codependent, the latest version > > of it should go in as well. > > Are there packages in testing which depend on openct and are currently built > against the wrong ABI? Otherwise, given that this ABI is already in > testing, how much does it really matter whether the soname is "right" -- is > there a compatibility issue with other distros? I suppose it's not the end of the world, but if any non-free programs use it (there aren't any that I know of, but I don't know everything). There may be a compatibility issue with other distros, but I haven't investigated. > It does seem that opensc is the only other package in testing that depends > on openct; so if opensc itself isn't currently broken, I'd prefer to avoid > this update altogether. If an update *is* necessary, something less > disruptive will be needed that doesn't involve new upstram versions. The version in testing is not broken, but the new release does fix #258626, which is nice but not release critical. The new upstream version of opensc should not be disruptive, there were no library changes. This is more of a "this-is-the-right-to-do" type thing, rather than a really critical move. They were both slated to go in the day after the freeze happened, and I haven't found any regressions from these new versions. But I trust you Steve, so do what you think is best. PS While I have your attention, please dump ferite from testing. It's totally broken and I don't have the time or inclination to fix it. Nobody's using it so no big loss. PPS Firefox 1.0.4 should be release Real Soon Now(TM), it will need a shove into testing. I'll keep you posted. -- Eric Dorland <eric.dorland@mail.mcgill.ca> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: hooty@jabber.com 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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