[Debian-science-sagemath] ecl package update to 26.5.5, with consumers

[Peter Van Eynde]

Hello all,

After a message from Tobias I took a look at the newest ecl. It's 
currently in the NEW queue [1] because the new libecl has a different SO 
name, and thus we have to do a Transition [2]

In order to do this transition we need to rebuild the reverse 
dependencies of ecl after it clears NEW, so python3-sage and maxima-sage 
IIRC and upload these to experimental.

Then we can ask the release team to coordinate the transition

Best regards, Peter

1
https://dfsg-new-queue.debian.org/reviews/ecl
2
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam/Transitions


> On 16 Oct 2026, at 21:37, Torrance, Douglas A <dtorrance9 at gatech.edu> 
> wrote:
>
> I know Dima well and happily endorse his work.
>
> Dima - I’m not 100% sure what the Common Lisp Team’s workflow is, but 
> possibly a merge request at Salsa might be useful:
>
> https://salsa.debian.org/common-lisp-team/ecl
>
> Doug
>
> *From: *Dima Pasechnik <dima at pasechnik.info>
> *Date: *Friday, October 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM
> *To: *debian-common-lisp at lists.debian.org 
> <debian-common-lisp at lists.debian.org>
> *Cc: *pvaneynd at debian.org <pvaneynd at debian.org>; christoph at debian.org 
> <christoph at debian.org>; Tobias Diez <code at tobiasdiez.com>; Torrance, 
> Douglas A <dtorrance9 at gatech.edu>; David Bremner <david at tethera.net>
> *Subject: *ecl package update to 26.5.5, with consumers
>
> Dear all,
>
> as ecl appears to be stuck on an old version, let me offer you an
> update, based on Salsa sources, which tries to conform to the usual 
> Debian update procedures, patches, etc.
> The primary reason for it is that it stalls the packaging effort for 
> SageMath in Debian.
>
> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdimpase%2Fecl-debian%2Ftree%2Fupdate%2Fecl-26.5.5&data=05%7C02%7Cdtorrance9%40gatech.edu%7C95339d0251dc4a97ce5e08df2ba6c751%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639277667472390929%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=THEaTIRU9BbHxn3gYeYmtVV1oYPKDhI4pi7jaM5lvKk%3D&reserved=0 
> <https://github.com/dimpase/ecl-debian/tree/update/ecl-26.5.5>>
>
> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdimpase%2Fmaxima-sage-debian%2Ftree%2Fupdate%2Fecl-26.5.5&data=05%7C02%7Cdtorrance9%40gatech.edu%7C95339d0251dc4a97ce5e08df2ba6c751%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639277667472428353%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BCCNyGft%2BJulLZqiNiBBRD0jaMtBazOMMYx8VOlCcCs%3D&reserved=0 
> <https://github.com/dimpase/maxima-sage-debian/tree/update/ecl-26.5.5>>
>
> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdimpase%2Fsagemath-debian%2Ftree%2Fupdate%2Fecl-26.5.5&data=05%7C02%7Cdtorrance9%40gatech.edu%7C95339d0251dc4a97ce5e08df2ba6c751%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639277667472454160%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C80000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Cqs3pJogln6Ctytvea3rB873LSvjhZ8Z0s3DHJ2JSJA%3D&reserved=0 
> <https://github.com/dimpase/sagemath-debian/tree/update/ecl-26.5.5>>
>
> Needless to say, I would be happy to help getting it in Debian.
>
> Cc to a couple of Debian devs I know personally, in case an 
> endorsement of sorts might be needed.
>
> Best,
> Dima
>
>
>

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