On 21/01/18 16:51, Christoph Biedl wrote: > Hello release team, > > there is a python-magic (here and always: also python3-magic) package, > in the archive, currently built from src:file. For reasons I plan to > switch to another implementation which is provided by src:python-magic > (ITP was #877849, and it has all the gory details). > > So two binary packages will have a change in the source they were built > from. Is this something I should inform you beforehand, or are there > other gotchas I should be aware of? > > My plan is as follows: > > Current situation: > > In sid, python-magic is built from src:file (currently 1:5.32-1) > In experimental, python-magic is built from src:python-magic > (2:0.4.15-1~exp2) > > After a lot of testing (see the call for tests in debian-devel): > > Upload of python-magic to sid > This will supersede the binary packages built from src:file > > Wait until src:python-magic has migrated to testing. > > Upload of a new file version to sid > This new version will no longer ship python-magic packages. > > So if you see a problem with this, wish to schedule this around some > transitions, or anything else like that, let me know.
The plan sounds alright to me. There should be no need for a coordinated transition. Just go ahead and let us know if you hit any problems that we could help with (e.g. testing migration). Cheers, Emilio
