Bug#679542: Each upload (even -2 -3 etc) is a transition?

[Modestas Vainius]

Source: libav
Version: 6:0.8.3-4
Severity: important

Hello,

could you explain why each -2 -3 etc. upload bumps shlibs to the current debian
revision as opposed to the current upstream version? This effectly makes each
debian revision of libav a small transition. For example, now amarok [1] will
have to wait and depend on libav to migrate testing for no good reason at all.

I highly recommend at least replacing

dh_makeshlibs -p"$$pkg" -V"$$pkg (>= $(DEB_VERSION))";

with

dh_makeshlibs -p"$$pkg" -V

in debian/rules or better bringing everything to the next level with symbol
files.

[1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/amarok.html

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (110, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=lt_LT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=lt_LT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash