Hi, mwhud...@debian.org wrote on 01/02/2024 at 09:46:18+0100:
> Source: drogon > Version: 1.8.7+ds-1 > Severity: serious > Tags: patch pending > Justification: library ABI skew on upgrade > User: debian-...@lists.debian.org > Usertags: time-t > > Dear maintainer, > > As part of the 64-bit time_t transition required to support 32-bit > architectures in 2038 and beyond > (https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/64bit-time), we have identified > drogon as a source package shipping runtime libraries whose ABI > either is affected by the change in size of time_t, or could not be > analyzed via abi-compliance-checker (and therefore to be on the safe > side we assume is affected). > > To ensure that inconsistent combinations of libraries with their > reverse-dependencies are never installed together, it is necessary to > have a library transition, which is most easily done by renaming the > runtime library package. > > Since turning on 64-bit time_t is being handled centrally through a change > to the default dpkg-buildflags (https://bugs.debian.org/1037136), it is > important that libraries affected by this ABI change all be uploaded close > together in time. Therefore I have prepared a 0-day NMU for drogon > which will initially be uploaded to experimental if possible, then to > unstable after packages have cleared binary NEW. > > Please find the patch for this NMU attached. > > If you have any concerns about this patch, please reach out ASAP. Although > this package will be uploaded to experimental immediately, there will be a > period of several days before we begin uploads to unstable; so if information > becomes available that your package should not be included in the transition, > there is time for us to amend the planned uploads. I don't really like the new name for the libs, will you change it back at some point? -- PEB
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