lbglib-json in Jessie

[Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti]

On Sun, 8 Jul 2018, Chris Lamb wrote:

> Riccardo,
>
>> Ah, you're right. I just needed that for the "-dev" package, which I need
>> for building gretl.
>>
>>> To clarify/summarise, are you suggesting that we upgrade src:glib-json
>>> from 1.0.2 → 1.0.4?
>>
>> Yes (and the dev-package too, of course)
>
> I think there is some confusion here or something at least worth
> clarifying so we are sure we are talking about the same thing - when a
> package is updated/uploaded in Debian, the entire source package is
> updated. In other words, one can't just update the -dev package anyway.

Yes, I'm aware of that.

>>> Why don't we just cherry-pick the aforementioned patch and apply it to
>>> 1.0.2? :)
>>
>> You mean, in my local system?
>
> No, I mean apply this patch to an updated version of 1.0.2 and
> upload that to jessie rather than introduce all the other changes that
> make up the diff between this version and 1.0.4.

I'm a bit reluctant to do this, as I've never done this before and I'd 
probably spend a long time doing something that would need to be revised 
by somebody competent anyway. Sorry.

> (Does this issue have a bug in the Debian BTS?)

Hm, I don't think so. Should I file a bug report?

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   Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
   Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali (DiSES)

   Università Politecnica delle Marche
   (formerly known as Università di Ancona)

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