[pkg-kde-talk] Re: meanwhile

[Adeodato Simó]

* Chris Vanden Berghe [Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:03:38 +0100]:

> Hi Adeodato and Dafydd,

Hi Chris,

> I prepared a new meanwhile package today... this package changes the so
> version to 1.  Where upstream didn't care about versioning in the past,
> they (he) seem to have gotten serious about it and the library seems to
> be mostly stable now.

> As kopete depends on libmeanwhile0 and I don't want to break anything, I
> would like to ask your advice on how to proceed.  Can I just go ahead
> and upload the new meanwhile source package that builds libmeanwhile1?
> Would you be willing to take a quick look at the package before I upload?

  I've taken a quick look. The soname bump seems necessary since some
  symbols are dropped. Glad to hear upstream plans on non breaking
  things frequently in the future. :)

  As for kopete, I've tried to build it against libmeanwhile1, and it
  fails. The max meanwhile version supported by the kopete in unstable
  is claimed to be 0.5.0. Support for 1.0.1 exists in the development
  version, but it doesn't seem like easily backportable to me. (So
  thanks for contacting in advance.)

  Given that, and depending on how soon you want meanwhile 1.0.1 in
  unstable, I'd go with:

    (a) hold your upload until we (KDE packagers) investigate the
        viability of backporting the patch; if it's viable you can
        upload, if it's not, we'll ask you to do (b) below (or one of us
        will do it).

    (b) if you prefer not to wait, prepare a meanwhile0 source package
        now, which is a copy in the one in unstable right now, but
        produces libmeanwhile0-dev instead. Upload. After it clears up
        NEW, you're free to upload meanwhile 1.0.1 whenever you want.
        (If you'd rather not do this, I guess one of us can do it.)

> http://chris.vandenberghe.org/debian/meanwhile/

  (I recommend that you do not put changes files signed with your DD key
  in a public location. Anybody could upload that now.)

> Thanks,
> Chris.

  Thanks to you,

  P.S.: For -talk, http://ozlabs.org/~jk/projects/kopete-meanwhile/.

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