On 2024-09-22 19:41:36 +0800, Aron Xu wrote: > > > > libxml2 upstream has introduced some breaking changes to libxml2's ABI > > > > , but upstream has concerns about bumping SONAME at the moment[1]. As > > > > discussed previously through mails[2] and IRC, I'd like to do a > > > > transition by renaming the binary package from libxml2 to libxml2n > > > > (the letter "n" is randomly picked) without changing the library > > > > SONAME.Since there are a few hundreds of direct reverse deps of > > > > libxml2 in Debian, an entry of "Provides: libxml2 (= > > > > ${source:Version})" is added to avoid breaking the archive heavily > > > > during the transition. It will be removed after the transition has > > > > completed and reverse dependencies have migrated to depend on the new > > > > package name. > > > > > > Since upstream hasn't made up their mind yet, I think it is preferable > > > to revert the version in unstable to the last known good version. From > > > my understanding that is 2.9.14. We can then revisit this transition > > > when upstream decided how to continue or the transition freeze for > > > trixie comes close. > > > > Any thoughts on that? If not, I will prepare an upload at the end of > > this week so that we can get libxml2 unstuck and can work towards a > > workable testing for riscv64. > > > > Please go ahead, I'm still heavily stuck in recent $dayjob stuff...
ACK, I have uploaded the attached debdiff (compared to the version in testing). Cheers -- Sebastian Ramacher
diff -Nru libxml2-2.9.14+dfsg/debian/changelog libxml2-2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14/debian/changelog --- libxml2-2.9.14+dfsg/debian/changelog 2023-07-08 21:18:29.000000000 +0200 +++ libxml2-2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14/debian/changelog 2024-09-26 17:15:36.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +libxml2 (2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Revert packaging to 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3 currently in testing to revert ABI + breakage (Closes: #1073508) + + -- Sebastian Ramacher <sramac...@debian.org> Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:15:36 +0200 + libxml2 (2.9.14+dfsg-1.3) unstable; urgency=medium * Non-maintainer upload.