Re: nlohmann-json3-dev need to be reverted to trixie version
On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 12:29:45PM +0000, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> Hello,
> >Great!
>
> please check and close the various RC bugs to let this one migrate :)
You should have closed them in the upload.
> >Beware, for 3.12.0, you need to change the source package name too, not just the binares,
> >otherwise nlohmann-json3 3.11.3 will be removed by the archive system once it reaches sid.
> >
> >I can help you identifying packages that can migrate to 3.12.0.
>
> Changes already committed on experimental branch if you want to double check :)
Well, precisely, in experimental, the source package name is still called nlohmann-json3
> will push to bin-new when I get a full build done.
> Just to make sure:
> 1) I don't plan to maintain 3.11 at all, cherry-picking rebasing and identifying patches was a real nightmare, and this will be more
> and more difficult to do in the future
>
> 2) I would like to have an RC bug against 3.11 at some point in the future to make sure people migrate to 3.12
Again this is not an option. All you will achieve is packages vendoring
nlohmann-json3 instead of using the package.
The only option is to work with upstream to commit to a fixed ABI. There is no
point going round and round.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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