Bug#648628: transition: gpsd

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

block 645105 by 648628
tags 648628 + pending
thanks

On 2011-11-13 17:04, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: transition
> 
> Hi Release Team,
> 
> gpsd's service library libgps got a bunch of API and ABI changes, so it
> needs a transition from libgps19 to libgps20.
> 
> Currently there are only 4 packages left in unstable which do not build
> against the new API:
> 
> geoclue #648496
> obdgpslogger #648495
> kdeedu #648502
> kdebase-workspace #648504
> 
> I'm able to patch geoclue and obdgpslogger quickly if necessary.
> For kde* the qt/kde people and I agreed that they will - depending on
> the time of the gpsd transition - either upload fixed packages to
> unstable after the new gpsd version is available (so we don't need to
> binNMU them again) or if they are ready to upload kde 4.7/kdeedu 4.7 at
> the time the gpsd transition happens, both transitions could run in
> parallel.
> 
> So please let me know when you'd like me to upload gpsd to unstable.
> 
> Thanks and cheers,
> 
> Bernd
> 
> [...]

Hi,

Please go ahead and upload gpsd to unstable.  :)

~Niels