Bug#1127552: src:spglib: fails to migrate to testing for too long

[Andrius Merkys]

Hi,

On 2026-02-10 20:37, Paul Gevers wrote:
> On 2/10/26 09:57, Andrius Merkys wrote:
>> The problem with src:spglib and src:python-symfc is that they have to 
>> migrate together. Neither of these packages will migrate on their own 
>> as sid/testing mixture will fail autopkgtests due to a change in their 
>> APIs. This has happened before, but I cannot remember how the issue 
>> was solved then.
> 
> 
> Is this a test only issue? Or does one actually depend on the unstable 
> version of the other but doesn't declare the *versioned* dependency or 
> the other way around, that the unstable version of one *breaks* the 
> version in testing? In the latter two cases a *versioned* relation in 
> the package is appropriate and will solve the test problem. If it's only 
> the first (test issue) and you consider the versioned relation a too big 
> hammer to solve the test problem, I can schedule the tests with both 
> versions from unstable.

This is a test only issue. You are right, versioned relation should 
solve the problem, I will upload the adjusted package soon.

Thanks,
Andrius