Bug#676433: nmu: kmymoney_4.6.2-3
On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 23:10 +0200, Micha Lenk wrote:
> there was a new upstream release that introduced a soname bump in libaqbanking.
That makes this a(n uncoordinated) transition, not a binNMU request.
Thankfully one that doesn't appear to clash with any other ongoing
transitions that I can see.
> For this reason all packages with build-deps on libaqbanking33-dev needs a
> source-full upload in order to switch to libaqbanking34-dev and to pick up the
> dependency on the new package libaqbanking34.
Why do the -dev package names contain (and therefore change with) the
SONAME? Given that they all Provide "libaqbanking-dev", could the -dev
package not simply be a concrete package named libaqbanking-dev? That
also makes transitions much easier and avoids the need for source
uploads on each change (unless there are API changes which require the
source changes).
> The package kmymoney has a build-dep on 'libaqbanking33-dev |
> libaqbanking-dev'. For this reason I hope that a binNMU is enough as a short
> term solution to the problem.
It's not even a short term solution, I'm afraid. The buildds will only
consider the first branch of an alternative build-dependency, which
means libaqbanking33-dev will always be installed.
Regards,
Adam
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