Thanks for the detailed response Antonio! I was unaware of the QT transition currently taking place. Should have looked (my bad!) - returning Debian user after some years =D
Will close the bug shortly and reopen should the issue persist past completion of the QT transition. Cheers A ________________________________ From: Antonio Russo <aeru...@aerusso.net> Sent: Monday, March 3, 2025 10:37 AM To: Andy Syrewicze <bugreport...@andyontech.com>; 1099...@bugs.debian.org <1099...@bugs.debian.org> Subject: Re: Bug#1099432: libqt6core6t64: Core KDE packages like dolphin and kate fail to install with a qt6-base-private-abi broken dependency On 2025-03-03 07:35, Andy Syrewicze wrote: > Package: libqt6core6t64 > Version: 6.8.2+dfsg-5 > Severity: important > X-Debbugs-Cc: bugreport...@andyontech.com > > Dear Maintainer, > > * What led up to the situation? > > Attempting to install KDE-Standard surfaced the dependency breakage with > qt6-base-private-abi While frustrating, this is not a bug in any package. When a new library with an incompatible ABI is introduced, many other packages may need to be rebuilt against the new ABI. This is called a "transition", and the rebuild progress can be tracked in [1]. That unstable is broken right now is why it is named as such (and nicknamed after the Toy Story character that breaks toys, Sid). The Qt/KDE maintainers are very aware of the transition, and this bug does not make them any more aware of the problem. On the other hand, there sometimes are very real issues preventing rebuilds of certain packages. Genuine nontrivial patches addressing real rebuild problems that arise during the transition would presumably be very well received (and helpful to the overall transition timeline). For instance, right now on that list you may notice that plasma-workspace [2] cannot be rebuilt because of an unexpected change in the symbols exposed by libraries built in that package. I've personally refrained from filing a bug for that because I suspect that the maintainers are already aware of it, and are trying to fix it (and I don't know enough about the ecosystem to decide what do). (If it's not identified after another upload cycle, I might file a bug pointing this out). I've also included a link [3] on how to adjust the properties of this bug. Best, Antonio Russo [1] https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/qt6base-abi-6.8.2.html [2] https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=plasma-workspace&arch=amd64&ver=4%3A6.3.2-1%2Bb1&stamp=1740999444&raw=0 [3] https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control
