Re: How to fix symbols files to work with gcc-7 and gcc-8 (Was: Bug#897794: libquazip: ftbfs with GCC-8)

2018-05-04 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 7:12 AM, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > ABI breaks are awful to handle after they land in unstable, catching one > before can save the maintainer, release team and all the rdeps *a lot* > of otherwise wasted time and headaches. We really do need a service doing full ABI tracking

Re: How to fix symbols files to work with gcc-7 and gcc-8 (Was: Bug#897794: libquazip: ftbfs with GCC-8)

2018-05-04 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 12:45:08AM +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > But why log symbols at all? It > seems to be very much not needed. If so tell me why it is! Mainly I see two reasons: 1. being able to use properly versioned dependencies on the library 2. have a safety net against what are imho

Re: How to fix symbols files to work with gcc-7 and gcc-8 (Was: Bug#897794: libquazip: ftbfs with GCC-8)

2018-05-04 Thread Svante Signell
On Fri, 2018-05-04 at 23:16 +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > Yavor, > > On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 04:06:05PM +0300, Yavor Doganov wrote: > > Andreas Tille wrote: > > > What's the correct way to fix the symbols file to work with both > > > versions of gcc? > Guess what, C++ is more complex than C.

Re: How to fix symbols files to work with gcc-7 and gcc-8 (Was: Bug#897794: libquazip: ftbfs with GCC-8)

2018-05-04 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 02:52:30PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > there are several bugs filed against packages of the Debian Med > team. Well, it's not really only about Debian Med... > What's the correct way to fix the symbols file to work > with both versions of gcc? As usual. Investigate why

Re: How to fix symbols files to work with gcc-7 and gcc-8 (Was: Bug#897794: libquazip: ftbfs with GCC-8)

2018-05-04 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
Yavor, On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 04:06:05PM +0300, Yavor Doganov wrote: > Andreas Tille wrote: > > What's the correct way to fix the symbols file to work with both > > versions of gcc? > > Don't use symbols files for C++ libraries? Please do not advocate nor recommend such pointless stands. Yes,

Bug#897922: RFS: scons-doc/3.0.0+repack-2 [RC]

2018-05-04 Thread Jörg Frings-Fürst
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: important Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "scons-doc" Package name: scons-doc Version : 3.0.0+repack-2 Upstream Author : Steven Knight

Re: How to fix symbols files to work with gcc-7 and gcc-8

2018-05-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Andreas Tille writes: > Well, it took a *long* time before I've undergone the process from > ignoring symbols files to finally providing some in cases where there > are good reasons to use them. Shortly after I now get adise to not > use them. I'm not sure whether this is

Re: How to fix symbols files to work with gcc-7 and gcc-8 (Was: Bug#897794: libquazip: ftbfs with GCC-8)

2018-05-04 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 04:06:05PM +0300, Yavor Doganov wrote: > Andreas Tille wrote: > > What's the correct way to fix the symbols file to work with both > > versions of gcc? > > Don't use symbols files for C++ libraries? Well, it took a *long* time before I've undergone the process from

Re: How to fix symbols files to work with gcc-7 and gcc-8 (Was: Bug#897794: libquazip: ftbfs with GCC-8)

2018-05-04 Thread Yavor Doganov
On Fri, 04 May 2018 15:52:30 +0300, Andreas Tille wrote: > What's the correct way to fix the symbols file to work with both > versions of gcc? Don't use symbols files for C++ libraries?

How to fix symbols files to work with gcc-7 and gcc-8 (Was: Bug#897794: libquazip: ftbfs with GCC-8)

2018-05-04 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, there are several bugs filed against packages of the Debian Med team. What's the correct way to fix the symbols file to work with both versions of gcc? Kind regards Andreas. On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 12:22:23PM +, Matthias Klose wrote: > Package: src:libquazip > Version: 0.7.3-6

Bug#897678: RFS: pikopixel.app/1.0-b9c-1

2018-05-04 Thread Yavor Doganov
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "pikopixel.app". * Package name: pikopixel.app Version : 1.0-b9c-1 Upstream Author : Josh Freeman * URL :