Bug#871469: transition: ocaml
Control: tags -1 confirmed
On 08/08/17 10:32, Stéphane Glondu wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: transition
>
> Dear release team,
>
> We would like to update ocaml from 4.02.3 to 4.05.0. This is 3 major
> releases (and 2 years) ahead.
>
> With current unstable, on amd64:
> - 9 source uploads (at least) are needed
> - 222 packages rebuild fine with no changes
> - 22 packages FTBFS with the new version
> - 18 packages cannot be rebuilt because one of their b-deps FTBFS
>
> Among the latter 40 packages, 32 are in testing. Bug reports have been
> submitted for some of them [1] and patches are available. The
> remaining ones are pretty self-contained (no external reverse
> dependencies) and can be removed from testing if they get in the
> way. I've put details at [2].
Please file bugs for all of them.
> ocaml 4.05.0 and a few selected packages have been uploaded to
> experimental and build fine on all architectures [3].
> So, basically, this transition is ready to be started from my point of
> view.
>
> I will take care of the necessary binNMUs.
Go ahead.
Cheers,
Emilio
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