Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le jeudi 29 septembre 2005 à 19:18 +0200, Frank Küster a écrit : >> Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Please don't do that. A library transition breaks packages in unstable >> > for a while, but if we have both versions, we're going to have to deal >> > with them for several *years*. That's what happened for libpng, and >> > believe me, it's a nightmare. >> >> Why do you think that we would have to deal with both versions for >> years? I expect no problems in compiling and using packages with the >> new version, even if their upstream is dead for a while. > > Then you'll notice that many Debian developers don't rebuild their > packages against new library versions, even when told to, until the > package becomes uninstallable.
That's why I asked about the RC'iness of those bugs: I expect that after a short while, most packages have been recompiled, and it has turned out that there are no problems. Then I submit patches to the remaining packages' bugs, wait for some time, raise severity, wait again, NMU, and can remove the old library. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
