Your message dated Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:16:21 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#1114637: R:e portmidi: dropped libporttime
has caused the Debian Bug report #1114637,
regarding portmidi: dropped libporttime; uncoordinated transition breaking rdeps
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Package: libportmidi-dev
Version: 2:2.0.4-2
Severity: serious
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Control: affects -1 src:musescore2
Control: affects -1 src:musescore3
Control: block 1114631 by -1
Control: block 1114632 by -1
The uncoordinated upload of the new version to unstable introduced
a library transition which debian/TODO even mentioned needs to be
handled via experimental at first because it breaks the rdeps.
Breaking the rdeps is not nice. Doing so without notice… even less so.
Concretely, the package dropped libporttime; a check on the upstream
repo indicates it should still be present (code is there, and the
changelog does not mention dropping it).
Compare https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/libportmidi-dev/filelist
with https://packages.debian.org/trixie/amd64/libportmidi-dev/filelist
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On 2025-09-11 00:03:32 +0200, Alexandre Detiste wrote:
> Hi Thorsten,
>
> The code is still there but it was merged in the main library;
> from this comment I found upstream it was already old news in 2021
>
> I did not understood the meaning of the debian/TODO file
> in portmidi repository. I though it only meant it had
> to go through experimental to get vetted in the NEW
> queue by FTP masters.
>
> A mass rebuild of the 10-something reverse dependencies
> would have been a better idea & a great opportunity
> to try out debusine.
Coordination with the release team would also been a good idea:
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam/Transitions
> I've read a bit about the musescore2/3/4 situation
> and it seems your on your own to patch-out
> the now extraneous "-lporttime" link option. :-(
So let's close this bug. The functions are still there. They have only
been moved.
Cheers
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Sebastian Ramacher
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