Control: tags -1 confirmed On 22/07/16 12:12, Raphaël Hertzog wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: [email protected] > Usertags: transition > > Hello, > > I have small transition in the ftplib package, the SONAME got > bumped but the API is fully backwards-compatible. The package > is ready in experimental and I tested that the build of the 4 reverse > dependencies still succeeds against the new library. > > I took this opportunity to rename "ftplib-dev" into "libftp-dev", > the latter providing the former so as to not break existing build > dependencies. Similarly ftplib3 morphed into libftp4. > > Let me know when I can upload to unstable.
Go ahead. The provides is not enough while the old package is still available, as real packages are preferred. We'll need to get the old -dev decrufted once ftplib is built everywhere, so the new one is picked up. Then we can schedule the binNMUs. Hmm, or probably some --extra-depends on the new package will suffice. Cheers, Emilio
