Re: Upcoming source transition of python-magic
On 21/01/18 16:51, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> Hello release team,
>
> there is a python-magic (here and always: also python3-magic) package,
> in the archive, currently built from src:file. For reasons I plan to
> switch to another implementation which is provided by src:python-magic
> (ITP was #877849, and it has all the gory details).
>
> So two binary packages will have a change in the source they were built
> from. Is this something I should inform you beforehand, or are there
> other gotchas I should be aware of?
>
> My plan is as follows:
>
> Current situation:
>
> In sid, python-magic is built from src:file (currently 1:5.32-1)
> In experimental, python-magic is built from src:python-magic
> (2:0.4.15-1~exp2)
>
> After a lot of testing (see the call for tests in debian-devel):
>
> Upload of python-magic to sid
> This will supersede the binary packages built from src:file
>
> Wait until src:python-magic has migrated to testing.
>
> Upload of a new file version to sid
> This new version will no longer ship python-magic packages.
>
> So if you see a problem with this, wish to schedule this around some
> transitions, or anything else like that, let me know.
The plan sounds alright to me. There should be no need for a coordinated
transition. Just go ahead and let us know if you hit any problems that we could
help with (e.g. testing migration).
Cheers,
Emilio
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