Control: tags -1 confirmed On 08/08/17 10:32, Stéphane Glondu wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: transition > > Dear release team, > > We would like to update ocaml from 4.02.3 to 4.05.0. This is 3 major > releases (and 2 years) ahead. > > With current unstable, on amd64: > - 9 source uploads (at least) are needed > - 222 packages rebuild fine with no changes > - 22 packages FTBFS with the new version > - 18 packages cannot be rebuilt because one of their b-deps FTBFS > > Among the latter 40 packages, 32 are in testing. Bug reports have been > submitted for some of them [1] and patches are available. The > remaining ones are pretty self-contained (no external reverse > dependencies) and can be removed from testing if they get in the > way. I've put details at [2].
Please file bugs for all of them. > ocaml 4.05.0 and a few selected packages have been uploaded to > experimental and build fine on all architectures [3]. > So, basically, this transition is ready to be started from my point of > view. > > I will take care of the necessary binNMUs. Go ahead. Cheers, Emilio
