fplll update

["Bernhard R. Link" <brlink@debian.org>]

* Julien Puydt <julien.puydt@laposte.net> [120807 12:41]:
> I don't know what happens to old programs, but :
> 1) nothing in debian depends on that library ;
> 2) this library is for scientific computations at the research
> level, and the current version is five years old.
>
> I'm annoyed by the idea of increasing the soname myself -- isn't it
> upstream's job?

It is upstream's job. But they did not do it.
(ideally one would increase it to something upstream will not likely
use, for example something non-nummerically).

Alternatives are:
- check if anything could actually break (the program coming with fplll
  for example seems to run find with the new one even when compiled
  against the old one, perhaps everything is always inlined and having
  the .so in the old was not really needed).
- wait a stable release to get rid of the old one. This approach would
  currently take a shorter amount of time than it sounds as we are in a
  freeze so no new version cannot enter testing before wheezy is
  released anyway. (To file a removal request use reportbug, chose
  other, then release.debian.org, then rm then explain your cause).
  _If_ the release team thinks it is a good idea to remove the fplll
  package from wheezy with _this_ explanation given (you want to break
  abi compatibility without changing the soname and can persuade them
  that it is acceptable in this specific case), then I'd have no problem
  in this regard to sponsor it even without the soname bump or further
  analysis what kind of programs could be broken by it.
  (Though I'm not doing any prediction whether there is also someone
   else with less qualms who would upload it without any of the three).

        Bernhard R. Link