Bug#842919: transition: xen

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>]

Hi Ian,

On 02/11/16 11:47, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: transition
> 
> Hi.  This is the update from Xen 4.6 to Xen 4.8, as previously
> discussed.  (Currently, Xen 4.8.0 RC3.  I expect the Xen 4.8.0 release
> to be out by the time Debian freezes.)
> 
> libxen-* contains libraries needed for management tools.   The
> corresponding xen-utils-* packages are intended to be coinstallable,
> so perhaps a "smooth" transition may still be possible ?  (Contrary to
> what the autogenerated transition tracker thinks.)
> 
> All that is needed from the build-rdeps is a rebuild.  That is, of:
>   libvirt qemu xenwatch python-pyxenstore collectd grub2
> 
> I have checked that they all build against the new libxen{-4.8,-dev},
> at least on amd64.  I don't anticipate trouble on other architectures.

The ben tracker only lists qemu and libvirt as rdeps of the binaries that are
removed in the new version. Why do the other packages need a rebuild? Do any of
them statically link libxen or something?

Cheers,
Emilio