Hi, Le 19/08/2025 à 19:02, Adam D. Barratt a écrit :
On Tue, 2025-08-19 at 13:45 +0200, Tarik Graba wrote:kicad/9.0.3+dfsg-1 did not make it into trixie, but I see that it has been accepted into bookworm-backports and testing. Do you know if/when it will migrate to trixe?Packages don't migrate from testing to stable. If there are particular fixes that warrant it then those can be requested by following the process for updates in stable, but a new upstream version of the apparent size of 9.0.3 (relative to 9.0.2) is unlikely to be suitable without more detail.
I think the reasons to update the package have been described in Cartsten's original unblock request.
I can add that kicad is often used in collaborative mixed OS environment and it is important to have similar versions to guarantee interoperability. Debian packaging is quite good and reactive (thanks Carsten and the Debian electronic team) and follows very closely upstream releases (mainly through backports).
Unless there was a specific agreement with the backports team, that version should also not have been uploaded to bookworm-backports. The supported backports paths are testing -> stable-backports, and stable -oldstable-backports. A backport from testing to oldstable belongs inbookworm-backports-sloppy at this point.
Actually, stable backports are not yet open, and, kicad 9.0.3 has been uploaded to oldstable-backports which I am using actually. But, this makes upgrading from oldstable+backports to stable more "complicated".
Thus, I was hopping, kicad 9.0.3 will be proposed for stable updates before the next point release in September. If it does not happen, it is ok, we will deal with it.
Regards, Adam
Regards and thank you all for your implication in maintaining Debian, Tarik