Bug#832030: transition: givaro

[Doug Torrance <dtorrance@piedmont.edu>]

Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: transition

Hello!

A new upstream release of givaro (version 4.0.1) which bumps the SONAME has
recently been packaged and uploaded to experimental.  Therefore, I am
requesting a transition slot.

There is currently only one reverse dependency:  linbox.

Linbox is RC buggy and not in testing.  The version currently in sid fails to
build with the new version of givaro (it requires givaro version 3.7.0).  But
a new upstream version of linbox exists which should work -- I plan to package
this in the near future.  Note that linbox is also part of the ntl transition
(#829371).

There are also two reverse build-dependencies: libm4rie and fflas-ffpack.

A test build of libm4rie with the new version of givaro worked without problems.

The fflas-ffpack in sid fails to build, but like linbox, it requires an earlier
version of givaro.  Also like linbox, there is a new upstream version available
which should work and that I plan to package soon.

Note that the givaro -> fflas-ffpack -> linbox dependency chain are all
maintained by the same team upstream [1].

Thanks!
Doug

[1] https://github.com/linbox-team

Ben file:

title = "givaro";
is_affected = .depends ~ "libgivaro1v5" | .depends ~ "libgivaro8";
is_good = .depends ~ "libgivaro8";
is_bad = .depends ~ "libgivaro1v5";