[Pkg-pascal-devel] Bug#986495: libqt5pas1: Package needs update, upstream src changed

[David Bannon]

Package: libqt5pas1
Version: 2.6+2.0.8+dfsg-2
Severity: important
Tags: upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: tomboy-ng at bannons.id.au

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?

The current version of libqt5pas is 1.2.9, or, perhaps, I should say the
current version of libqt5pas1 is 2.9 ?

>From time to time the Lazarus Developers alter the source code of this package
to support additional features. In this case a set a accessibility features
have been added. Unlike previous such changes however, a Lazarus application
(compiled with trunk or, perhaps next Lazarus release) must use the new
library, even if the new features are avoided.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

I have tested the new library with older versions of Lazarus and they work
fine.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

There seems no apparent reason why the new library should not replace all
instances of the old one.  This will make the transition to the new model a
great deal easier, especially for end users of Lazarus applications.

Please see

 * https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,54010.0.html
 * https://github.com/davidbannon/libqt5pas


-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers testing-security
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU thread)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages libqt5pas1 depends on:
ii  libc6                2.31-11
ii  libgcc-s1            10.2.1-6
ii  libqt5core5a         5.15.2+dfsg-5
ii  libqt5gui5           5.15.2+dfsg-5
ii  libqt5network5       5.15.2+dfsg-5
ii  libqt5printsupport5  5.15.2+dfsg-5
ii  libqt5widgets5       5.15.2+dfsg-5
ii  libqt5x11extras5     5.15.2-2
ii  libstdc++6           10.2.1-6

libqt5pas1 recommends no packages.

libqt5pas1 suggests no packages.