[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#1105174: src:rkward: fails to migrate to testing for too long

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 25 July 2025 at 01:18, Santiago Vila wrote:
| Hello.
| 
| This package should propagate to testing to fix RC bug #1103204.
| 
| However, it has r-base-core (>= 4.5.1-1) in its Depends line, while
| r-base-core in trixie is at version 4.5.0-3, so the migration
| will not happen in a natural way.
| 
| After asking Dirk (maintainer of R packages, in CC) for advice about
| this, it seems there are basically two ways to deal with this.
| 
| A) Make an upload for trixie-proposed-updates. This would put the
| package directly in trixie with >= trixie-version.
| 
| B) Hardcode (>= 4.5.0-3) (or maybe 4.5.0-3~ or just 4.5.0) in the
| control line, only for trixie, and only as a one-time thing. Dirk
| tells me that in cases like this one, this would be ok, as R does not
| really care about such minor versioning.

For added colour: I am aware of breakage with other applications built
against R 4.4.* and linking to it now falling over of a missing symbol under
R 4.5.* -- this happened famously with rstudio (outside of Debian).

Changes within a minor version are known-compatible so compiling under R
4.5.1 but allowing R 4.5.0 as a runtime will work, and I offered Santiago to
help with a NMU.

Obviously not trying to either 'jump a gun' or stepping onto somebody's toes
so if any of you as group maintainers want to deal with it I will merrily
defer. Else I am happy to step in an help with a quick one-time override to
debian/control depending on 'R (>= 4.5.0)' as opposed to the automagic
fill-in from $rvers which will get us 4.5.1 which is only in unstable and not
in testing.

Cheers,  Dirk
 
| Please indicate if you (maintainers of rkward) are available to fix
| this, because otherwise Dirk tells me he would be willing to NMU
| the package to handle the issue.
| 
| Thanks.

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