transition: ntl

[Julien Puydt <julien.puydt@laposte.net>]

Package: release.debian.org
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Usertags: transition

The transition is to a (much) newer version of NTL, going from version 
6.2.1 to version 9.9.1.

The auto-generated ntl transition page doesn't list flint-arb as a dep, 
but it  probably should since there is a dependency chain ntl -> flint 
-> flint-arb.

I checked that these new ntl packages make it possible to build eclib, 
flint, linbox, singular and flint-arb on an amd64 debian box, so I don't 
expect any new problem.

There is a FTBFS for flint-arb on armhf, but it was already the case 
before the transition, so I don't count it as new problem. [Aside: and 
I'm still trying to sort things out with upstream.]

I'll need to find sponsors for the various uploads needed for this 
transition, but that should be ok.

Thanks,

Snark on #debian-science

Ben file:

title = "ntl";
is_affected = .depends ~ "libntl5" | .depends ~ "libntl27";
is_good = .depends ~ "libntl27";
is_bad = .depends ~ "libntl5";


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