Bug#754701: ucommon: Please rebuild against libgnutls28-dev

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2014-07-21 14:30:40)
> Quoting Samuel Thibault (2014-07-21 13:34:15)
>> Actually I wasn't asking for the newer upstream to be uploaded to 
>> unstable, just to at least rebuild 6.0.7-1.1 against libgnutls28-dev, 
>> so sflphone can build.
>
> Just repackaging the old upstream release with different linkage is 
> less likely to cause build breakage for reverse dependencies, but 
> still requires a binNMU and therefore (as I understand it) still needs 
> prior testing and coordination with release team.
>
> If someone wants to test rebuild of current release but do not want to 
> do the same with the already prepared newer release (which should also 
> not break stuff - upstream seem careful to not break API), then I am 
> willing to do the extra work of preparing such release and put it 
> somewhere for use by test builds.  If I am to do the test builds 
> myself, I would find it to be less work to continue with the already 
> built packages in experimental, however.
>
> Also, I am uncertain if the change of licensing is supported all 
> through the chain of reverse build-dependencies - which was the reason 
> for -1.1.  Yes, I am aware that this bugreport explicitly request 
> switching back, but I also recall a request from the VoIP team to 
> coordinate that switch - so I would dearly appreciate to input from 
> them this time around.

Oh well, maybe I am too over-cautious.

I now build the new release of ucommon targeted unstable. As you said 
stuff is broken already, and it is unlikely to get worse (and if it does 
we can deal with it then).


 - Jonas

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