On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 22:37:31 +0100, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote: > New gcc5 transition notices are still being sent out with the "Such a change > can be avoided, if you have a soversion bump and you upload this version > instead of the renamed package" wording (e.g. simgear > https://bugs.debian.org/797944 ); is this a mistake, or is hdf5 special > because it has both C and C++ interfaces (so a soname bump would drag in C > rdeps that wouldn't otherwise be affected) and a fairly large number of > rdeps? > In general I'd much rather people only did the minimal required change, ie the v5 rename. But hdf5 is special because renaming the C lib affects a huge number of packages whereas only a couple use the C++ lib. Cheers, Julien
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