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Hi,

On Sun, 03 Mar 2024 21:24:43 +0100 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg_Frings-F=FCrst?= 
<debian@jff.email> wrote:
> Package: sponsorship-requests
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear mentors,
> 
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libunistring":
> 
>  * Package name     : libunistring
>    Version          : 1.2-1
>    Upstream contact : Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
>  * URL              : https://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/
>  * License          : GPL-2+ with distribution exception, Expat and GPL-2+, 
>                       LGPL-3+ or GPL-2+, FreeSoftware, GPL-3+, GPL-3+ or 
>                       GFDL-NIV-1.2+, X11, GPL-2+ with distribution exception, 
>                       GPL-2+
>  * Vcs              : https://git.jff.email/cgit/libunistring.git
>    Section          : libs
> 
> The source builds the following binary packages:
> 
>   libunistring-dev - Unicode string library for C - development files
>   libunistring5 - Unicode string library for C
> 
> To access further information about this package, please visit the following
> URL:
> 
>   https://mentors.debian.net/package/libunistring/
> 
> Alternatively, you can download the package with 'dget' using this command:
> 
>  dget -x 
>https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/libu/libunistring/libunistring_1.2-1.dsc
> 
> or from 
> 
>  git https://git.jff.email/cgit/libunistring.git/?h=release%2Fdebian%2F1.2-1
> 
> 
> Changes since the last upload:
> 
>  libunistring (1.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
>  .
>    * New upstrem release.
>      - Refresh / Rebuild symbols file.
>    * debian/copyright:
>      - Add 2024 to myself.
>      - Refresh uploader copyright years.
>    * Remove unused patches:
>      - debian/patches/0100-float-endian-detection.patch.

Having #MISSING# in .symbols file is a red flag. It is a strong indication that
the library is breaking API explicitly.

Please check again and work with upstream to persue bumping SONAME together
with API/ABI breakage. This is especially important given large number
of reverse dependencies.

Thanks,
Boyuan Yang

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