Bug#844100: transition: ppl

[Tobias Hansen <thansen@debian.org>]

On 11/12/2016 07:58 PM, Tobias Hansen wrote:
> On 11/12/2016 02:49 PM, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>> 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
>>
> 
> Thanks a lot for granting this exception! ppl 1.2 is now in NEW.
> 
> Best,
> Tobias
> 

The package is now in unstable. I think the only thing that is missing
now is a binNMU for apron. cloog-ppl already got an upload to build
against ppl 1.2.

Best,
Tobias