On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 05:21:10PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 09:21:44PM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote:
>>> There is no hurry, but please start using soname-independent >>> build-depends on ncurses as 'libncurses-dev | libncurses5-dev' in your >>> next uploads. >> Does this mean it /can't/ be handled with binNMUs because you're changing >> the -dev package name? > Daniel probably meant "it could be handled by binNMUs" provided people > upload their package(s) with the new build-depends before the transition > starts. In that case: no, please fix your ncurses 6 package to provide a proper transition path by adding Provides: libncurses5-dev. You shouldn't plan transitions in a way that requires uploads to over 400 source packages. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]