Bug#791490: Package libgpac3 should be libgpac4

Bálint Réczey balint at balintreczey.hu
Wed Jul 8 10:54:59 UTC 2015


2015-07-08 12:45 GMT+02:00 Bálint Réczey <balint at balintreczey.hu>:
> 2015-07-08 12:36 GMT+02:00 Alessio Treglia <alessio at debian.org>:
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Bálint Réczey <balint at balintreczey.hu> wrote:
>>> Ideally we should have started a proper transition, but since the
>>> reverse dependencies (x264) already gets broken when it is upgraded I
>>> suggest uploading the fixed package to unstable. I hope the package
>>> passes NEW fast.
>>
>> It doesn't look bad, except for [1]. I'd encourage you to read [2]
>> carefully (normally a Breaks/Replaces pair should do the trick).
>> I can give you a couple of hints:
>>
>>  1. Always run lintian on the packages built with appropriate options
>> such as "-i -I -E --pedantic --profile debian"
>>  2. Test the full upgrade path from 0.5.0+svn5324~dfsg1-1.
> Yes, I was about to add the replaces/breaks but I needed to run a few
> checks first.
I think it is case 7.6.2 of [2] since the the files are not the same.
The library has been moved to the multiarch location.

Cheers,
Balint

[2] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces



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