Bug#844100: transition: ppl
Control: tags -1 confirmed
On 12/11/16 15:02, Tobias Hansen wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: transition
>
> Hi Release Team,
>
> I noticed yesterday that ppl has two RC bugs and was removed from
> testing. I would like to take over the package and fix it, but one of
> the RC bugs (#811825) is best fixed by updating to the new upstream
> version, which requires a small library transition. Since the
> debian-devel-announce@l.d.o mail from November 5 said the transition
> freeze is only for "transitions that involve a large number of packages",
> I'd thought I'd ask if we can still do this transition.
>
> I already created a package of ppl 1.2 that fixes both RC bugs. ppl has
> two reverse dependencies, which were of course both removed from testing
> because of ppl:
>
> apron
> cloog-ppl
>
> I checked that they both build without changes against the updated ppl
> package.
>
> If it's too late for the transition, we'll have to see if we can fix
> #811825 by applying a patch that does not require a transition.
Since this package is not in testing, and because of the small number of rdeps,
there isn't a big risk of regressions wrt current testing... so please go ahead.
Emilio
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