On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 18:26 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > Hey RT, > > now that all the Xfce 4.8 bits have been accepted to experimental, we'd > like to upload to unstable. As it's a new major upstream release, > there's quite some dependencies involved, so I guess you're not against > having a little summary so we can coordinate that upload in order to not > break any ongoing transition. > > Here's a summary: > > * libxfce4util stays the same but adds symbols files > * libxfcegui4 is deprecated, replaced by libxfce4ui, but a libxfcegui4 > stays for a while for packages not yet ported. A “private” library > previously shipped in libxfcegui4 is now shipped by libxfce4ui > (libxfcekbdprivate), the glade files are shipped in libxfce4ui as well. > Breaks/Replaces have been set accordingly > * libxfc4menu is gone, replaced by garcon > * exo bumps soname from 0.3 to 1 and now ships a symbol file > * thunar has been ported to gio/gvfs and thus the thunar-vfs layer has > been dropped (but is still provided for compatibility as a new source > package). A symbol file is provided in Thunar > * xfce4-panel has seen a huge rewrite and the ABI has changed, meaning > all plugins need to be rebuilt against the 4.8 panel (all panel plugins > right now have a dependency on xfce4-panel (<< 4.7), after the rebuild > they'll pick the right xfce4-panel dependency. Some binNMUs might need > to be scheduled but we mostly have source uploads anyway. > * xfconf adds a symbol file > > and I think that's all for the lib-related stuff. There are 24 source > packages for the core and a bit more than 40 for panel plugins and > goodies. > > What do you need from us (info, schedule etc.) and how can we > synchronize with you so we don't make you hate us? Right now we'll wait > for an ack anyway but as we have quite some people asking us about 4.8 > in unstable, the sooner will be the better for us :) > Hey,
this is a friendly ping about 4.8 upload (I know you're quite busy, as usual). Regards, -- Yves-Alexis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1300891879.26712.23.camel@oban
