On 2022-11-07 07:26:40 +0100, Graham Inggs wrote: > Hi Nicholas > > On Sun, 6 Nov 2022 at 23:51, Nicolas Mora <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a bug tagged serious in the package libevent I maintain [1], I've > > been told the solution is to start a transition workflow. > > > > As mentioned in the transition doc [2], I uploaded the fixed package in > > experimental, but I'm wondering what does "Check the auto-generated > > "auto-<source>"" mean. > > Will my package appear on this list automatically or after I request a > > transition slot from the release team? > > It should appear on the list automatically, but it won't because the > libevent-2.1-7 package name did not change. I suggest that you follow > what Ubuntu did [3] and bump the SONAME and package name for this > transition.
Is that really worth the effort for this one missing symbol? I'd just make sure that is stays around regardless of glibc version. Best Sebastian > > > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1023284 > > [2] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam/Transitions > > Regards > Graham > > > [3] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libevent/2.1.12-stable-5ubuntu1 > -- Sebastian Ramacher
