Bug#760440: transition: cfitsio
On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 06:46:04PM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> On 05/09/14 23:29, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 05:48:39PM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> >> Control: tags -1 confirmed
> >>
> >> On 04/09/14 07:52, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> >>> Package: release.debian.org
> >>> Severity: normal
> >>> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> >>> Usertags: transition
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I would like to do a transition for the CFITSIO library. Upstream
> >>> finally decided to support shared libraries and to ensure the soname
> >>> will change if the ABI changes. This will makes the maintenance in
> >>> Debian more easy and will avoid Debian specific changes to keep the ABI
> >>> stable.
> >>>
> >>> I have uploaded a package with the new library to experimental 1.5
> >>> months ago, and my plan was to fill the transition bug once the package
> >>> reaches experimental. Unfortunately the package still sits into NEW
> >>> despite a ping a few days ago. I am therefore filling this bug before
> >>> the deadline in the hope we can still do this transition for Jessie.
> >>>
> >>> The API hasn't changed beside new functions, so this transition should
> >>> be quite easy to handle via binNMUs only.
> >>
> >> Sounds good. Go ahead.
> >
> > Thanks, I have just uploaded it.
>
> Things are looking good (see the tracker). The only remaining problems are
> python-astropy which FTBFS on k-a
I haven't been able to reproduce the issue on two different machines. I
have therefore requeued it, and it built successfully.
> and wcslib-contrib which probably needs
I have done manual binNMUs of wcslib-contrib on amd64 and i386
> manual rebuilds. I guess cfitsio3 doesn't need anything and will just be removed
> after the transition is over.
Yes, that's the plan, though we probably have to get the sid only
packages to use the new library first. I have filled a RC bug to make
sure it's not shipped with Jessie. Can you maybe add a removal hint when
the transition is finished so it is at least removed from testing?
Aurelien
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