On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 00:23:31 +0100, Markus Koschany wrote: > Hello release team, > > I am seeking advise how to handle bug #801914 correctly. > > Apparently upstream made a backward-incompatible ABI change between > version 2.83.5 and 2.83.6 without changing the SONAME too. > > I have read TransitionBestPractices [2] and the wiki suggests to rename > the binary packages and to add appropriate Conflicts fields. > > I intend to rename the binary packages from > > xxx2.83v5 to > xxx2.83v6 > > and extend the current Breaks and Replaces fields and add the old v5 > binary packages too. > > Is there a better solution and is Conflicts strictly needed? > The better solution is to get upstream to release a new version with the bumped SONAME, or with the ABI breakage reverted. Cheers, Julien
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