Bug#1065280: glib2.0: missing dpkg-dev (>= 1.22.5) build dependency for time_t transition

[Sebastian Ramacher]

On 2024-03-02 11:23:33 +0000, Simon McVittie wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + pending
> 
> On Sat, 02 Mar 2024 at 11:51:26 +0100, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> > Please add dpkg-dev (>= 1.22.5) to Build-Depends
> 
> This is already fixed in git, but we were told not to upload that version
> yet, to avoid interfering with the migration of the NMU currently
> in unstable (which, at the time, was believed to be sufficient and
> desirable). It is also already fixed in experimental (2.79.3-1).

Great, thanks!

> > and upload the new version ASAP
> 
> glib2.0 already has a Severity: critical bug related to this transition
> (#1065022) which I am attempting to resolve with a minimum of collateral
> damage (#1065170). I apologise for not having been able to resolve this
> instantaneously; maintaining GLib in Debian is not my only responsibility.
> 
> If it is critically urgent that it must be uploaded to fix the missing
> dpkg-dev dependency as soon as possible, someone is welcome to upload
> what's in gnome-team git, but it takes me 2 hours per attempt to carry
> out the minimal level of testing on GLib that I understand the project
> to require from me (build, autopkgtest, piuparts), so it seems like it
> might be better to combine the upload for this with the upload to fix
> #1065022 when that change is ready.

In this specific case it is not urgent then. The other bugs will block
it already. I will schedule binNMUs to ensure that the current binaries
in the archive are rebuilt with dpkg-dev (>= 1.22.5).

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher