On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:59:48 +0100 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> wrote: > Control: block -1 915419 915692 > > On Wed, 2018-12-19 at 11:34 +0100, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > > Control: tags -1 confirmed > > > > On 13/12/2018 22:05, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:26:33 +0000 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.or g> > > > wrote: > > > > Package: release.debian.org > > > > Severity: normal > > > > User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org > > > > Usertags: transition > > > > > > > > Dear release team, > > > > > > > > We would like to move the new DPDK LTS release 18.11-1 from > > > > experimental to unstable. This breaks the various libraries ABI > > > > > > compat, > > > > so a transition is needed. > > > > > > > > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/dpdk > > > > > > > > The new DPDK packages are all in experimental, having passed the > > > > NEW > > > > que > > > > ue, and have built on all supported architectures. > > > > > > > > Note that from this project follows a boost-like model, so > > > > the ABI revision is named after the upstream major version (eg: > > > > > > librte- > > > > eal17.11 -> librte-eal18.11). This is done because most libraries > > > > > > built > > > > from DPDK break ABI compat on every single major release. > > > > > > > > Reverse build dependency source packages: > > > > > > > > collectd: > > > > > > > > The reverse dependency builds needs a source update to build with > > > > > > this > > > > new version, to do with autoconf. The fix has been merged > > > > upstream > > > > > > [1] > > > > and backported to the stable branch currently in sid [2]. > > > > I have opened a bug and attached a patch, which I verified works > > > > [3]. > > > > It seems like there's another bug which should be fixed to allow > > > > migration, but the change is quite simple. I have prepared a > > > > source > > > > > > NMU > > > > which I could upload if necessary. > > > > > > > > Note that although collectd only recommends the dpdk libraries, > > > > it I have done the source upload of DPDK 18.11-2 to unstable. I have done the source NMU of collectd to DELAYED/2 on Saturday, which means it will be uploaded in 12 hours. I will do the source sponsored upload of virtio-forwarder, as requested by the maintainer, in a few hours once DPDK has built on all architectures. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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