Bug#1136169: libgexiv2-dev: new upload breaks builds of reverse B-D: libgexiv2 is needed but not found

[Jeremy Bícha]

Control: retitle -1 viking: Build with gexiv2 0.16
Control: reassign -1 src:viking 1.11-1
Control: tags -1 forky sid

On Sun, May 10, 2026 at 10:07 AM Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org> wrote:
> Will you inform all reverse Build-Depends about the situation and
> recommend them what to do? I assume it's not only src:viking.

I'm reassigning this bug to viking. gexiv2-0.14 already has an RC bug
for its brokenness: https://bugs.debian.org/1135968

Every Debian package other than viking has already switched to gexiv2
0.16 or at least has a patch proposed to use gexiv2 0.16.

I am ok with you demoting this bug to important, but you probably want
to at least switch your Build-Depends and wait for a new gexiv2-0.14
upload. But I think we'd want to stop building gexiv2-0.14 later this
year.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha