Re: Bug#751767: libBLT changes SONAME without changing package name
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 at 15:46:28 +0300, Sergei Golovan wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:07 AM, peter green <plugwash@p10link.net> wrote:
> > That only partially solves the problem, in particular partial upgrades are
> > still likely to break. Furthermore the problem will recur next time libBLT
> > changes it's soname.
>
> I don't expect changing its soname in next few years (or maybe even
> forever). The
> package is dead upstream. But you're right. It should be fixed properly.
> I'll split out the library to libblt2.5-8.6 (which won't work without
> the Tcl code, so it'll
> go to libblt2.5-8.6 too making the blt package dummy) and I'll add the
> necessary 'breaks'.
Hello release team,
Since this is going to be a transition, and a new upstream SONAME for
jessie seems unlikely, should this bug be jessie-ignore'd
and fixed for jessie+1 instead?
Regards,
S
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