Re: RFS: flint -- C library for number theory
On 27/08/2014 18:35, Tobias Hansen wrote:
> On 08/27/2014 06:31 PM, Julien Puydt wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Le 27/08/2014 15:54, Tobias Hansen a écrit :
>>> Because transitions that break the ABI of a library are coordinated by
>>> the release team [1,2] to make sure several transitions at the same time
>>> don't lead to chaos and an archive where certain things can't be built
>>> anymore. Also to make sure the reverse dependencies are rebuilt and
>>> everything can migrate to testing in a reasonable timeframe. Since you
>>> are now maintaining several libraries it's good that you learn about
>>> that now.
>> I thought rebuilding reverse deps was done automatically anyway?
>>
> No, it's not (someone correct me if I'm wrong).
>
Confirmed.
It is called binNMU (and/or a transition if it impacts a lot of packages).
Cheers,
Sylvestre
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