synfig_1.2.1-0.1_amd64.changes is NEW

[James Cowgill]

Hi,

On 23/04/18 17:01, Matthias Klose wrote:
> On 23.04.2018 17:09, James Cowgill wrote:
>> On 23/04/18 15:55, Debian FTP Masters wrote:
>>> binary:libsynfig0 is NEW.
>>> binary:libsynfig0 is NEW.
>>
>> Unfortunately, since you failed to follow the NMU procedure by not
>> uploading the diff anywhere (again), I can't check for myself, but I
>> would like to know how you have managed to make this library compatible
>> with the pre-gcc5 version shipped with jessie (which is what you are
>> doing by renaming it back to libsynfig0).
>>
>> If I diff the symbols between 1.0-1 and 1.0-2 there _a lot_ of
>> differences relating to std::string, so I would be surprised if you
>> fixed this.
> 
> I doubt that we are supporting updates directly from jessie to buster. The
> update from stretch to buster should be fine.

That isn't the point though. Renaming the package is pointless and has
potentially negative consequences with no benefits (as far as I can see).

> For other packages it has been common practice to drop the v5 suffix.

I am not aware of any other package which has reverted back to the
pre-gcc5 package name and I think it would be wrong to do so. I would be
interested if you have some examples.

> debian diff attached.

Thanks. The rest of the changes look fine.

James

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