Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If there are no incompatible API changes, wouldn't it be more > straightforward to continue building libicu34-dev from the icu > source and schedule binNMUs for the reverse-deps instead of renaming > it to libicu36-dev and requiring editing of build-deps?
Well, there are lots of new APIs. Anyway, I feel like it would be better to have the name be neutral (like libicu-dev) if we are going to drop the soname from the -dev package rather than having it be called libicu34-dev which seems somehow misleading. There are also some deprecated interfaces from 3.4, so it is still my inclination to go ahead and rename the -dev package and have the new -dev package conflict with the old one. >> I would stay on top of this transition and be willing/able to NMU >> packages as needed. The biggest and most visible package here is >> openoffice.org, but that package seems to be well-maintained. Also, I >> emailed the maintainers of all these packages to alert them to the >> fact that there may be an ICU transition, and I uploaded a beta >> version of ICU 3.6 to experimental. > > openoffice.org currently needs an upload for the libgcj7/libgcj7-0 ABI > transition. I would prefer not to have this transition overlap the icu one, > but the icu transition is small enough that on its own it shouldn't cause > too much pain if they do overlap, so please go ahead with this upload on > whatever timetable is most appropriate for you. Okay, thanks. I'll upload when ready, though I'll look at the transition you mentioned before doing so. Given that I'm heading into a busy period and the ICU transition is, as you point out, small, I may do the upload anyway. > On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 02:43:06PM -0400, Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > >> Several days ago, I asked whether it would be okay to upload a new >> version of ICU with an soname bump. Other than a message from the >> boost maintainer that he would be tracking ICU and would upload a new >> boost as soon as the new ICU appeared, I haven't heard anything. I'm >> not sure whether I'm supposed to wait for an affirmative response from >> the release team or whether I'm supposed to just go ahead with the >> upload after informing the release team. Please pardon me if I'm >> being impatient by asking again. I was hoping to take care of this >> during the upcoming weekend. > > Given that we aren't in a freeze yet that would affect icu, you don't have > any obligation to wait for the release team's approval before uploading; if > there had been any strong objections those probably would've come sooner > rather than later. I do appreciate you letting us know about the > transition, though, and I'm sorry for keeping you waiting. Thanks, and no problem. :-) --Jay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
