On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:26:52 +0200, Riku Voipio wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 10:54:14AM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > 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.
Thanks for the clarification. I assume that my package libitpp6, which Build-Depends on lapack3-dev, should become libitpp6gf, at least for experimental. Note that this is even though I do not explicitly Build-Depend on g77. I shall also get in touch with some other maintainers who maintain some packages I am interested in, and request them to prepare an upload for experimental. > > 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. Well, I shall definitely ask you to do the experimental uploads, if my regular sponsor has problems uploading it. Many thanks for this offer! :-) Kumar -- "rm -rf" only sounds scary if you don't have backups -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
