[DRE-maint] Bug#738488: Bug#738488: ruby-tilt: Broke compatibility with all rdepends

[Youhei SASAKI]

Hi,

First, sorry for my upload...

At Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:07:32 -0300,
Antonio Terceiro <terceiro at debian.org> wrote:
>
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> On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 11:51:39PM +0100, Christian Hofstaedtler wrote:
> > Package: ruby-tilt
> > Version: 2.0.0-1
> > Severity: grave
> > Tags: upstream
> > Justification: renders package unusable
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > tilt 2.0 broke compatibility in various ways.
> > This causes sinatra to FTBFS, and the same goes for other rdepends.
> >
> > Unsure what upstream's plan is with regard to migration.
>
> This also broke rails in a very nasty way.
>
> I think we should probably revert this new upstream version, and
> reapproach the new upstream version in a different way by first making
> sure reverse dependencies still work.
>
> Youhei, can you please look at this?

Now I check current package and upstream repository. It's difficult for
me to introduce backward compatibility layer. So I agree revert. But I
don't know procedure. How do I revert? with epoch? or create new package
like ruby-tilt-1.4?

> We have to check reverse dependencies before uploading new upstream
> versions!

I agree deeply. sorry again.

Best Wishes,
Youhei
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