Bug#780285: unblock: roger-router/1.8.9-2jessie1

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

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On 2015-03-11 17:35, Rolf Leggewie wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: unblock
> 
> Please unblock package roger-router
> 
> Dear Release Team,
> 
> as maintainer of the roger-router package I would like to upload a fix
> for #774116.  I've already uploaded a fix to experimental and I would
> like to upload it to unstable as 1.8.9-2jessie1 and have it migrate
> eventually.  I'd like to request a freeze exception before actually
> doing that.
> 
> Faxing via the FritzBox device is one of the important functions of
> Roger Router.  It is currently known-broken in testing.  The background
> is that upstream has a makefile switch "--with-cups" which when set to
> yes builds an experimental, known-broken cups-support.  Building as
> "--with-cups=no" actually builds the working CUPS support. Go figure!
> That tripped me and I would like to correct this mistake before jessie
> gets released.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rolf Leggewie
> 
> unblock roger-router/1.8.9-2jessie1
> 

Hi Rolf,

If the change truly drops a symbol in a public shared library, then I am
afraid it is far far too late to accept this change.  It implies doing
an ABI transition, which we stopped accepting back in October 2014.

Thanks,
~Niels