Bug#815036: transition: msgpack-c
On 27/08/16 04:39, James McCoy wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 10:10:29AM -0400, James McCoy wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 06:17:31PM -0400, James McCoy wrote:
>>> + libdata-messagepack-perl has a fix upstream but no "stable" release
>>> including it
>
> There is now an actual upstream release with the msgpack-c changes.
>
>>> + libdata-messagepack-stream-perl could be NMUed once
>>> libdata-messagepack-perl is available.
>>
>> No activity on either of these.
>>
>> They're only used by libcatmandu-store-lucy-perl and
>> libtext-xslate-perl, which have no rdeps. Should I bump the severity of
>> these bugs or suggest removing them?
>
> I've pinged these bugs and got responses that the Perl folks would be ok
> with those two packages being removed from testing (not unstable since
> packaging was done in response to an RFP) to help the transition and
> possibly bring visibility to the needed maintenance.
>
> Given that there's been some activity upstream around these packages,
> I'm a little more confident about performing NMUs than I had been.
>
> Thoughts on how to proceed?
Upload msgpack-c to unstable, then you bump the remaining bugs to RC.
Cheers,
Emilio
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