[debian-mysql] Bug#1031863: libqt5sql5-mysql: incompatible change in libmariadb3 breaks kontact, needs upstream fix in libqt5sql5-mysql

[Lisandro Damian Nicanor Perez Meyer]

Hi Paul!

On domingo, 26 de febrero de 2023 12:18:48 -03 Paul Boddie wrote:
> On Sunday, 26 February 2023 15:38:20 CET Lisandro Damian Nicanor Perez Meyer
> wrote:
> > reassign 1031863 libmariadb3 1:10.3.34-0+deb10u1
> > thanks
> 
> [...]
> 
> > This is a bug in oldstable! If mariadb maintainers pushed a new version
> > there then they need to undo the change you mention above. This is not a
> > Qt
> > issue for oldstable.
> 
> It was an open question as to whether Debian packaging would adopt the same
> strategy as Qt upstream, introducing the workaround in Qt, or mitigate the
> problem in the libmariadb3 packaging. I wonder, then, if the severity should
> be elevated since this regression potentially breaks numerous other
> packages.

If we where talking about testing, yes, fixing Qt would be the way to go. But 
this is different, ideally the mariadb maintainers (or whoever uploaded the 
package) should fix the regression. If we try to do this in oldtsbale then we 
risk breaking someone else's setup.

That being said: you should **REALLY** consider switching to stable like 
**RIGHT NOW**. Why? Because in Debian we provide no security on webengine/
wekbit, and kde pim uses it a lot. Using it in oldstable is really a bad, bad 
idea.

Regards, Lisandro.
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