On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 10:54:14AM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > Right now, since Camm is working on Lapack, I am going to now focus on > testing my packages, as well as others', which Build-Depend on lapack. I have > two queries with regard to this:
> 1. If I make my package Build-Depend on the Lapack in experimental, my > package should enter experimental. Do I have to append a "gf" to such a > package, or is this unnecessary, and just a Debian revision bump is enough? As mentioned in the proposal[1], you only need to add gf -suffix for shared library packages. Applications and other packages don't need it. > 2. If, in the mean time, a new upstream release comes in and I have to move > it to unstable, do I revert to the old Build-Depends, build it for unstable > etc. and then rebuild it with the new Build-Depends for experimental, or is > there a better way? Also bear in mind that I would have to request > sponsorship for both editions! :-) Until refblas and lapack are uploaded to unstable, you need to revert the build-depends for unstable uploads. As for sponsorship, please mail me and I'll upload on evening. Cheers, Riku [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-toolchain/2007/07/msg00001.html -- "rm -rf" only sounds scary if you don't have backups -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
