[DRE-maint] Possible problems in your Debian packages

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On 19/07/08 at 10:58 +0200, Paul van Tilburg wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 05:53:07PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > On 15/07/08 at 15:44 +0000, DDPOMail robot wrote:
> > > === libcairo-ruby: (you co-maintain it)
> > > = 1 bug(s) that should be fixed for the next Debian release:
> > > - #487204 <http://bugs.debian.org/487204>
> > >   ruby1.8: object allocation during garbage collection phase
> > 
> > Last RC bug for us :-)
> 
> Working on that.  There is a patch, but I believe upstream might
> do a new upstream release rsn.
> 
> > > === Packages with a new upstream version according to DEHS:
> > >   libdb-ruby  0.6.5  (Debian: 0.6.4-1)
> > >   libdb4.2-ruby  0.6.5  (Debian: 0.6.2-3)
> > >   libdb4.3-ruby  0.6.5  (Debian: 0.6.2-2)
> > >   libdb4.4-ruby  0.6.5  (Debian: 0.6.2-1)
> > 
> > If someone want to help with the libdb4.?-ruby -> libdb-ruby transition,
> > and with updating libdb-ruby to 0.6.5, I would really appreciate help.
> > I probably won't have time to do it myself.
> 
> What does this involve?  Adding libdb4.X-ruby dummy packages to
> libdb-ruby and removing libdb4.X-ruby source from the archive?

And filing bug so that all the packages using libdb4.X-ruby switch to
libdb-ruby.
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