[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#836990: libcamitk4: fails to upgrade from 'jessie' - trying to overwrite /usr/bin/camitk-config

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Emmanuel,

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 09:08:26AM +0200, Emmanuel Promayon wrote:
> Thank you for this bug report. I will try to fix this as well as packaging
> the new release (that fixes an OpenGL rendering problem on laptop when using
> integrated card).

Good.
 
> I am planning to have this done soonish (hopefully by the end of september,
> I am new to packaging with git and would like to do it properly).

gbp is your friend.  Its sensibly described in Debian Med policy
document.  Feel free to ask for help on the Debian Med mailing list
where you probably get help when I'm on vacation (starting next week).

> I am also planning, following Gianfranco Costamagna's advice to remove the
> SONAME number in the package name. Namely libqtpropertybrowser4-dev will be
> replaced by libqtpropertybrowser-dev and libcamitk4-dev by libcamitk-dev.
> Is this ok with you?

Very sensible, please do so.

> Is it the right time?

Yes.  Please do it as soon as possible to let us spot potential issues
of the new version.  The freeze is approaching and we should get
everything straight now.

> For uniformity sake, should I do the same for the non -dev suffixed package
> (e.g. libcamitk4 -> libcamitk)?

No.  The library packages should be coinstallable for different ABI
versions but usually users do need only one devel package.

> FYI we are not planning to support two different versions (e.g., 3 and 4).

There might be applications linked against 4 once you might release 5 so
leaving the binary package around makes sense.
 
Kind regards

      Andreas.

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