On Sat, 4 Sep 2021, 9:41 am Andrius Merkys, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Maarten & Nilesh, > > On Fri, 3 Sep 2021, 21:09 Nilesh Patra, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Do remember to add a Breaks+Replaces on the old SONAME when the new one >> gets in. >> > > AFAIK, thete is no need for Breaks+Replaces unless both old and new > packages contain conflicting files. > Indeed, please don't add Beaks/Replaces soname bumps. They are actively harmful to the transition. If you have conflicting files, please take this occasion already to move them out to some -common binary package, so that the previous and new library packages are coinstallable. Also please see https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam/Transitions on how to manage what you are doing (the process is not required if know what you are doing, you are controlling all the reverse-deps, and the number of rdeps is very small) > > Or do I simply revert the SONAME and pray no one notices the binary >> difference. The last option is easiest, but of course not the best. >> >> We should never break ABI, so this last option should never be done. >> > > +1 > That would be a grave Policy violation that can very easily get your package kicked out of testing, so....
