Bug#876257: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37: blocks upgrade path for libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.12.3

[Alberto Garcia]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 01:04:20PM +0300, Sebastian Dröge wrote:

> > > libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (>= 1.12.2), libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (<< 1.12.3)

> > That's gst-plugins-bad:
> > 
> > DEB_DH_MAKESHLIBS_ARGS_libgstreamer-plugins-bad$(gst_deb_abi) += -V "libgstreamer-plugins-bad$(gst_deb_abi) (>= $(gst_version)), libgstreamer-plugins-bad$(gst_deb_abi) (<< $(gst_version_next))"
> > 
> > I understand that its rdeps need to be rebuilt each time there's a
> > new upstream version, or how is that supposed to work? Sebastian?
> 
> That's correct. The API and ABI of the libraries in gst-plugins-bad
> is not stable and can change every release.
> 
> However only every new minor release, not micro release.  So >= 1.12
> < 1.13 would be sufficient here and probably would solve most of the
> headaches.
> 
> Feel free to send me a patch or NMU directly for that, otherwise
> I'll get it done with the next upload.

I see, thanks. This particular instance is alreay being dealt with
(#876227) so no hurries here. I think it's fine if the version
contraints in gstreamer are updated in the next upload.

Thanks!!

Berto