On 2018-12-19 11:29, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > Control: tags -1 confirmed > > On 06/12/2018 20:52, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > Package: release.debian.org > > Severity: normal > > User: [email protected] > > Usertags: transition > > > > A new version of lm-sensors has been released recently, which introduces > > a new ABI, but very limited API change (only some enums). This new > > upstream version notably adds support for the new hwmon device > > classification introduced in kernel 4.19. It is therefore important for > > buster if it is still planned to ship it with a 4.19 kernel. When using > > the old lm-sensors version with a 4.19 kernel, some hwmon sensors are > > not visible anymore. > > > > Note that the -dev package is wrongly versioned. I think transitioning > > to a version-less one can be done in a later step to not entangle things > > too much. > > I see that you already added a Provides: libsensors-dev. You can file bugs > (severity: <= normal) against the rdeps so they start moving to that, then > rename the package for bullseye when a majority of packages have been fixed. > Or > rename it earlier and add a (versioned) provides on libsensors4-dev (but that > will need a decruft as otherwise sbuild will install the old, real package).
Yes, I would like to avoid the versioned provide if needed. I'll fill the bugs for the packages with a versioned build-dependency with a higher priority with the hope they are fixed earlier. The versions can even been removed as they are already satisfied in jessie. > Go ahead with this one as is for now. Thanks, I have just uploaded it. Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net
