Control: tags -1 confirmed Hi Timo
On 2022-03-27 19:27:22 +0200, Timo Röhling wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: transition > > Dear release team, > > I'd like to transition tinyobjloader for its new soname. Technically, > this is a simple transition, the reverse dependencies build fine. > However, the transition is unusual as it is not an official release, so > allow me to explain my reasons. > > The initial upload was with 2.0.0~rc5 around April 2020, because it was > required by Open3D at that time. Upstream assured me that a final 2.0 > release would be happening in early 2021. Some development occurred > (which broke ABI backwards compatibility) and some bugs were fixed, > among them CVE-2020-28589; however, the final release never > materialized. Now, almost two years later, I find myself with an > "in-between" ABI version that is no longer .so.1 but likely not > .so.2 yet (the TODO still includes some "API polishing"). > > It is impossible to predict when upstream will find the time to finish > the 2.0 release, and I would like to have the bugfixes in Debian at some > point. Given that this is only a minor package with few reverse depends, > I felt it was fine to have this "in-between" transition now and the > proper one with .so.2 whenever the final release happens. Let me know > what you think. Sorry, this transition was completely missed. Please go ahead. Cheers -- Sebastian Ramacher
