Hi Sébastien, Le 27/09/2021 à 17:26, Sébastien Villemot a écrit : > Hi Vincent, > > Le samedi 25 septembre 2021 à 17:57 +0200, Vincent Prat a écrit : >> I recently started packaging python-suitesparse-graphblas [1], which is >> a Python binding of SuiteSparse:GraphBLAS [2]. >> The version of GraphBLAS packaged in Debian comes from a different >> repository that includes many other pieces of software, SuiteSparse [3]. >> My problem is that the version included in SuiteSparse (currently 5.0.5) >> is out of date compared to the standalone version (currently 5.1.7) used >> by python-suitesparse-graphblas. >> >> What is the best option? >> a) packaging the standalone version with a different name >> b) packaging the standalone version instead of the one included in >> SuiteSparse >> c) packaging an outdated version of python-suitesparse-graphblas to fit >> the version of GraphBLAS included in SuiteSparse >> >> As far as I know, other pieces included in SuiteSparse do not depend on >> GraphBLAS, so I would rather go for option b. >> Sébastien, can you confirm this ? > I was not aware that GraphBLAS was also distributed independently of > SuiteSparse. > > I am perfectly fine with option b. > > Just note that you will have to be careful with version numbers, > especially since suitesparse currently has an epoch. The libgraphblas5 > binary package that will be produced by your new source package must > have a greater version number than the current one. > > What I would suggest is to not put the epoch in the new source package > version, and to only add the epoch on the libgraphblas5 binary package > (this is technically possible, see e.g. gcc-defaults). > > And when libgraphblas bumps its SOVERSION (whichs happens quite > frequently), then you will be able to drop the epoch and revert to a > standard versioning scheme. > Thank you for your reply. I think I understand how to do this. Besides, the Debian policy states that before increasing the epoch, one should get a consensus on devian-devel, so I guess the discussion has to move there.
Best regards, Vincent
