Re: please unblock: nufw and nuapplet
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 07:17:27PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 23:48 +0200, Pierre Chifflier wrote:
> > I have a problem with some of my packages: nuapplet and nufw (the first
> > depends on some libraries provided by the second).
> > Recently, there was a bug in nufw causing a build failure in nuapplet [1]
> > The transition was then (automatically) blocked for both packages.
> >
> > I have uploaded new version for both packages which fix several problems
> > including the build failure.
> > However, the packages are not moving to testing as they should (even
> > though the wait period is over). The excuse page lists the old bug [2] [3]
> > but this is wrong, both packages now build fine [4]
>
> So far as I can see, the only place a bug is mentioned is in nuapplet's
> excuses; that says "fixes old bugs", which is fine.
>
> > Could you remove this block so that both packages can move to testing ?
>
> There isn't any form of active blocking in this case. The reason the
> packages aren't migrating is that libnuclient has changed soname between
> the versions in testing and unstable - migrating nufw on its own would
> therefore cause the testing version of nuapplet to become uninstallable,
> as libnuclient3 would no longer exist in testing; the packages thus need
> to migrate together.
>
> I've added a hint to that effect, so the packages should migrate
> tonight.
>
Ok, I understand now - indeed, the changes in nufw have caused an
increase of the soname number.
Thanks for the explanation and the solution.
Pierre
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