* Daniel Baumann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061007 08:59]: > Richard Spindler wrote: > > As far as I know libquicktime changed the API, therefore the affected > > apps are likely to need a patch and a recompile. > > there are two things: the first is the api which requires the > recompilation.
If the API requires recompilation, that is an so called API change. If an API change happens, soname needs to be bumped, or symversions need to be used correctly. Anything else is a very severe policy violation. > the second is, that since quite a long time, libquicktime > was shipping compatibility headers for those ancient packages, which did > not get updated to the header change (dvgrab is such a package). I consider such a change very unfortunate so short before etch release. > i removed those headers, i don't want to have those shipped in etch, the > packages are very, very easy to fix (#391562), so this doesn't really > hinder release. I hope you'll take care of the additional RC-bugs you create by that. > the api indeed is a problem, i'll just figuring out how to do it best > with regard to bumping the soname now (coordinating with upstream). > > hope to have results for tomorrow. Any results? (btw, I consider it the task of debian maintainers to prevent upload of broken packages into the archive, e.g. by testing them pre-upload) Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
