Bug#916650: stretch-pu: package liquidsoap/1.1.1-7.2
Control: tags -1 -moreinfo +confirmed
On Sat, 2019-02-09 at 22:05 +0200, Kyle Robbertze wrote:
> On 2019/02/09 16:08, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> >
> > On Sun, 2018-12-16 at 23:58 +0200, Kyle Robbertze wrote:
> > > The current liquidsoap package in stable segfaults imediately on
> > > run.
> > > Details are in bug #812591. The segfault is due to Ocaml version
> > > 4.02
> > > which is present in stable. The fix upstream has been applied
> > > here
> > > (sourced from Ubuntu where it has been working since 17.10). It
> > > is
> > > part of the version currently in buster and unstable.
> >
> > Apologies for not getting back to you sooner.
>
> No worries, we all get busy :)
Apparently so. *sigh*
[...]
> > If a package is incompatible with a newer version of Ocaml, is
> > there no
> > way of indicating this via e.g. dependency relationships, or the
> > package somehow indicating which versions of Ocaml it is compatible
> > with? This seems like the sort of thing that could also cause
> > issues
> > with partial upgrades between stable releases.
>
> With this fix, it is compatible with newer Ocaml versions and the new
> version in buster and unstable are too. As far as I can tell, there
> have
> been no issues with newer versions outside of this. The common
> convention seems to be to declare an un-versioned or minimum version
> dependency on Ocaml and expect it to work with future versions.
>
OK, I guess we can go with this. Sorry for the delay (again).
Regards,
Adam
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