Sebastian Ramacher writes ("Re: Bug#1012496: Proposed inkscape reversion NMU"):
> On 2023-01-06 11:24:45 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > inkscape is currently uninstallable in sid on some release arches,
> > due to an FTBFS which seems to be an upstream problem [1].
> > This is blocking builds for packages that build-depend on inkscape. [5]
> > I'm assuming that the previous version in testing was OK. [0]
>
> This assumption does not hold. inkscape 1.1.2-3 FTBFS everywhere:
>
> https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=inkscape&arch=amd64&ver=1.1.2-3%2Bb2&stamp=1664419348&raw=0
Oh. How sad. Thanks for pointing that out.
> That means that there are some transitions staged in experimental that
> require rebuilds of inkscape. Once those transitions start, tracker.d.o
> will have a note that inkscape is part of an ongoing transition and
> hence uploads should be avoided if unrelated to the transition. Given
> that inkscape currently does not build, any upload fixing this issue
> would be related and welcome.
Thanks. I'm not sure I have the tuits to dive into the code right
now, especially given how complex it looks from reading the upstream
ticket :-(.
Regards,
Ian.
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