On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:08:43AM +0200, Alberto Luaces wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Alberto Luaces <alua...@udc.es>
> 
> * Package name    : openscenegraph-3.6
>   Version         : 3.6.3
>   Upstream Author : Robert Osfield <rob...@openscenegraph.org>
> * URL             : http://www.openscenegraph.org/
> * License         : OpenSceneGraph Public License, OSGPL
>   Programming Lang: C++
>   Description     : 3D scene graph C++ framework
> 
>  A portable, high level graphics toolkit for the development of high
>  performance graphics applications such as flight simulators, games,
>  virtual reality or scientific visualization.  Providing an object
>  orientated framework on top of OpenGL, it frees the developer from
>  implementing and optimizing low level graphics calls, and provide
>  many additional utilities for rapid development of graphics
>  applications.
> 
> This package intends to bring the new stable 3.6 series, replacing 3.4
> and 3.2 already present in the repository.

3.6 should be built from src:openscenegraph and src:openscenegraph-3.4
then removed.

Creating a new source package[1] for every new major upstream version
is a bad idea for various reasons, including bug handling in the BTS.

cu
Adrian

[1] new binary packages are of course required for libraries when
    the soname changes

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