On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 04:30:52PM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > I intend to upload libav 9 to raring rather sooner than later. I'm writing > you because: > > - the package is not in debian/unstable yet, but currently sitting in NEW, > targeted at experimental (but syncing is not possible anyway) > - I don't think that there will be a similar fallout like the last big > libav package, but given that some more internal API got dropped and there > are a number of packages in the archive that use deprecated APIs, there > will be some problems. > - I remember that Collin requested such big updates to be announced before > on this mailing list. I'm doing it with this email.
I did? I don't remember that particularly ... Anyway, I don't have a problem with this provided that you commit to organising an effort to identify and fix the problems in reverse-dependencies. Last time, other people had to do a lot of work to clean up the mess and it all involved much more disruption than was necessary. (Please note that, assuming you're using the same source package name with a changed set of binary package names, the new -proposed migration system will enforce that this work is done before allowing the new libav into raring; so it is in your interest to make sure that it happens.) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[email protected]] -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
