Re: Bug#297331: flac: New upstream version 1.1.2 is available
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 09:28:04AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> severity 297331 wishlist
> thanks
>
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 07:05:06PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> > Package: flac
> > Severity: normal
> >
> >
> > sf.net/projects/flac contains newer version. Please update.
>
> I have packages prepared, but bear in mind that Debian is attempting to
> stabilize for a release, and this would be very disruptive.
>
> Requesting input from the release team as to whether this would be a very
> bad idea, or merely a bad idea. Note that this version increments sonames
> of all libraries because certain ABIs changed (upstream) without an
> increment in the last release.
flac has a huge reverse dependency tree and its soname transitions take
ages, often interacting with other large soname transitions in progress.
I'd be inclined to say "very bad idea", unless there are overriding
reasons why the new version is necessary.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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