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Bug#770178: unblock: blt/2.5.3+dfsg-1



Control: tag -1 confirmed

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 03:38:23PM +0400, Sergei Golovan wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: unblock
> 
> Hi release team,
> 
> I'd like to upload a new blt package which fixes two release critical bugs:
> [1] and [2].
> 
> 1) To reflect the soname change I've separated the BLT library into
> the tk8.6-blt2.5 package (8.6 reflects the fact that it works with Tk 8.6
> only). I've retained the old 'blt' package for two reasons. First, it's
> easier for a user (actually for a Tcl/Tk developer who wants to install
> BLT) to type 'apt-get install blt'. Secondly, it eases the transition of
> packages which depend on blt now (without the blt package they have to
> be rebuilt). To prevent problems with partial upgrade (simple blt upgrade
> would break applications like tkdesk, python-tk etc from wheezy) I've added
> a few 'Breaks' headers.

Hmm. It's not particularly nice, but probably the best we can do in the
cirumstances. Please go ahead, and ask FTP masters if they'd kindly hurry
it through NEW.

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