Bug#859708: unblock: kodi/2:17.1+dfsg1-2

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

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On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 11:20:25 +0200 Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>
wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: unblock
> 
> Dear Release Team,
> 
> Current kodi version in Stretch is 2:17.0+dfsg1-3 but upstream
> already released Kodi 17.1 which is available from experimental
> as 2:17.1+dfsg1-1.
> 
> Among many other bugfixes it fixes #847701 which made kodi unusable on
> many slower i386 machines.
> 
> I believe 17.1 would be a better fit for Stretch, while the diff
> between 17.0 and 17.1 contains quite a lot bug fixes:
> 
> https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/compare/a10c5048f2487bd9b2dc1f35d2fee48a2594...fc1619b118f6d503f920a49cf4ac4afcd0dd6b41
> 
> At the moment 2:17.1+dfsg1-1 is uploaded to experimental only and I
> would like to upload 2:17.0+dfsg1-2 with no new changes to
> unstable if it would be allowed to migrate to testing.
> 
> Otherwise I will just triage and add the fix for #847701 to
> 2:17.0+dfsg1-3 and upload that minimal change to unstable as
> 2:17.0+dfsg1-4, but would prefer going th 17.1 way.
> 
> Please share your opinion about the options.
> 
> The attached patch contains the packaging changes only because the full debdiff is ~400k.
> 
> Cheers,
> Balint
> 
> unblock kodi/2:17.1+dfsg1-2
> 

Ack, please go ahead and let us know once it has been uploaded and
compiled on all relevant architectures.

Thanks,
~Niels