Bug#1088784: libqqwing2v5: ABI break causes gnome-sudoku to crash after setting difficulty

[Andreas Tille]

Control: severity 1088784 normal
Control: reopen 1013230
Control: tags 1013230 - patch
Thanks

Am Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 07:03:01PM +0000 schrieb Simon McVittie:
> 
> I think that particular patch should not have been applied as a
> Debian-specific change, and especially not during a "salvaging"
> process that does not result in the package having an active
> maintainer.

That's unfortunately correct.

> Significant changes that do not have any reason to be
> Debian-specific should either go upstream to
> https://github.com/stephenostermiller/qqwing, or not be applied at all.

I've unapplied the patch.
 
> As a short-term solution to this, I think a games team member should
> revert the addition of that patch, reopening #1013230. That would restore
> the ABI of libqqwing.so.2 to the state that is present upstream and in
> Debian 12.

Reopened bug 1013230 and not closing 1088784 but setting it to severity
normal since it should not be RC.

> I am not currently intending to upload qqwing myself, because it
> currently has no Uploaders listed, which means that next time it is
> uploaded, either a games team member (possibly Andreas) needs to take
> responsibility for it by adding themselves to Uploaders, or the package
> needs to be orphaned again.

Orphan "again" is not the right word.  It was "silently" orphaned.  I'm
fine with doing some QA-upload but the initial upload to Games team at
least made it available on Salsa.  I hope someone will pick up from
here.  I do not intend to put my name to Uploaders - just removed the
former maintainer since the address was bouncing.

Kind regards
    Andreas.

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