Bug#637594: Please hold the upload of ding-libs for now

[Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar@debian.org>]

Hi!

Am 12.01.2012 00:27, schrieb Timo Aaltonen:

>   I've talked with Jonathan Carter (the packager) about the ding-libs
> upload, and I believe we agree that the package should be held until a
> newer version is ready for sponsoring.
> 
> The issue I see is that the -dev library names shouldn't have the soname
> in them, and that there is a git-repo under collab-maint which is a
> better base for the package. The diff currently is really just the
> dev-package names, and we can get a -2 sponsored to the NEW queue if
> possible? Or is the right procedure to drop the current one and reupload
> a new -1?

Well, holding it back would be possible, but why?  If there's no need to
have the package right now (apparently there isn't, or you wouldn't ask
to hold it back ;) rejecting it, so you can reupload a new -1 package
sounds like the nicer way.  So I just rejected it.


Best regards,
  Alexander