uncoordinated box2d transition (was: Re: Accepted box2d 2.4.1-2 (source) into unstable)

Rene Engelhard rene at debian.org
Sun Sep 5 13:21:27 BST 2021


Hi,

Am 05.09.21 um 14:10 schrieb Markus Koschany:
> Hello,
>
> Am Sonntag, dem 05.09.2021 um 09:48 +0200 schrieb Rene Engelhard:
> [...]
>> without any  coordination or a transition approved on debian-release.
>> That a transition would be needed was viisble since months at
>> https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/auto-box2d.html.
>>
>>
>> @release: please bin-NMU ( at least libreoffice builds, didn't try
>> caveexpress):
>>
>> nmu libreoffice . ANY . -m 'rebuild against libbox2d2' ]
>>
>> nmu libreoffice . ANY . experimental . -m 'changelog entry/dep-wait expr.' ]
>>
>>
>> caveexpress is the only other affected package - and (expectedly)
>> doesn't build anymore:
> [...]
>
> There is no coordination needed because I am the maintainer of box2d and
> caveexpress. Another upload of caveexpress will follow today. A bin-nmu is not
> necessary and should have never been requested.

But not for libreoffice, and libreoffice DOES use box2d since 7.1.x
which is in testing.


Regards,


Rene




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