Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> wrote:

>> I'd like to upgrade the version of ICU from 4.8 to 52.  They changed
>> their version numbering scheme essentially multiplying everything by 10.
>> We skipped a few versions (49, 50, 51) because of the freeze before
>> wheezy.  This is the first major version to be released since Wheezy.
>> (A major ICU version is released every six months.)  ICU 52 should be
>> source compatible but not binary compile with ICU 4.8.  Many bugs have
>> been fixed since ICU 4.8.  I have basically done a library transition
>> approximately every other ICU version, and they have all gone smoothly
>> up to this point.  The dev package name is versionless (libicu-dev) so
>> this transition should be able to be done with just a forced rebuild of
>> ICU's reverse dependencies.
>>
> Please go ahead, and let us know when icu 52 is installed on all archs
> so we can start the rebuilds.

ICU 52 is installed on all architectures now.  Thanks!

-- 
Jay Berkenbilt <q...@debian.org>


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