Bug#791249: package needs a transition

[Eugen Dedu]

On 27/08/15 00:46, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Aug 2015 at 17:53:15 +0200, Eugen Dedu wrote:
>> The simplest solution is to simply upload ptlib version 2.10.11, instead of
>> the current 2.10.10, knowing that ptlib changes soname with *each* release.
>>
>> As I am DM, not DD, I cannot upload such a package.  So could someone from
>> voip team (Mark?) simply upload the 2.10.11 version?
>
> Any update on this?
>
> Do you have a source package prepared for 2.10.11? If the DDs on the VoIP
> team are too busy, someone else could potentially sponsor it.

It would be wonderful.

> Do the VoIP team consider the new upstream release to be low-risk? In
> particular, do all the reverse dependencies build successfully against it?

2.10.11 is very low risk.  There are very few changes, here they are:

2013-08-14 23:20  rjongbloed

         * [r30295] revision.h.in, version.h: Update release version number
           to 2.10.11

2013-03-29 03:58  ededu

         * [r29384] src/ptlib/msos/directshow.cxx: Fix compile error after
           last commit

2013-03-26 23:23  rjongbloed

         * [r29328] ., include/ptlib/videoio.h,
           src/ptlib/common/videoio.cxx, src/ptlib/msos/directshow.cxx:
           Merged revision(s) 29327 from ptlib/branches/v2_12:
           Changed PVideoInputDevice_DirectShow::GetDeviceCapabilities() to
           use much simpler and cleaner STL method for getting an ordered
           unique list: std::set<>.

2013-03-07 18:22  ededu

         * [r29220] plugins/vidinput_v4l2/vidinput_v4l2.cxx: Do not crash
           when video driver/webcam is buggy

2013-03-06 13:32  ededu

         * [r29210] src/ptlib/msos/directshow.cxx: Increase timeout when
           waiting for images from camera device

2013-03-04 00:06  rjongbloed

         * [r29189] src/ptclib/httpsrvr.cxx: Fixed crash in
           PHTTPSpace::DelResource(), thanks Елена Валынец

2013-02-20 10:25  ededu

         * [r29154] samples/safetest/overview.cxx: Remove duplicate line

2013-02-17 22:19  rjongbloed

         * [r29134] src/ptclib/pxmlrpc.cxx: Fix GNU warning.

2013-02-16 02:57  rjongbloed

         * [r29122] version.h: Update version number for beta v2.10.11

The following reverse dependencies depend on libpt2.10.10 and need to be 
changed to depend on libpt2.10.11:
Reverse Depends:
   t38modem,libpt2.10.10
   libpt-dev,libpt2.10.10 2.10.10~dfsg-5
   libpt-dbg,libpt2.10.10 2.10.10~dfsg-5
   openam,libpt2.10.10
   simpleopal,libpt2.10.10
   libopal3.10.10,libpt2.10.10
   libh323-1.24.0,libpt2.10.10
   gnugk,libpt2.10.10
   ekiga,libpt2.10.10

As the two versions 2.10.10 and .11 are API/ABI compatible, this is only 
a matter of changing .10 to .11 in debian/control for those packages.

> If 2.10.11 is considered risky, the alternative is to do the "v5"
> rename, as Ubuntu have done:
> <http://patches.ubuntu.com/p/ptlib/ptlib_2.10.10~dfsg-5ubuntu1.patch>
>
> As with a new SONAME, a DD sponsor would be required; but if you
> attach a patch, someone could sponsor it. (I can't guarantee to do it
> myself, but I am not the only DD who has been sponsoring and NMUing
> for this transition.)

I have just committed the changes in debian/ to allow building ptlib 
2.10.11, they are at 
http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-voip/ptlib/branches/ptlib2.10-luyten. 
  I have also built the package, the generated files are at 
http://eugen.dedu.free.fr/ek-debian.

-- 
Eugen