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Re: Bundling



On 26/09/2021 19:03, Alec Leamas wrote:
Hi Jonas,

On 26/09/2021 14:41, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:


I deliberately ignored the timing part of your proposal, and instead
think in "stages" - here is a plan I find sensible:

* maybe you make an test packaging of 3.1.5 - not uploaded to Debian at
   all

* if wxWidgets 3.2 is in Debian when you are ready to upload to Debian,
   then have your package link against that

* if not, then you approach the wxWidgets maintainer about creating a
   package for it, which would stay in experimental until no longer
   experimental (i.e. when either ABI has stabilized or packaging
   contains reasonable tracking of unstable ABI e.g. using symbols
   tracking).

* if wxWidgets maintainer find it unreasonable to package wxWidgets 3.2
   before its ABI has stabilized, you might consider embedding a snapshot
   in your own package - released only to Debian experimental.

* of there is still no wxWidgets 3.2 package in Debian when Debian gets
   close to freeze **AND YOU ARE FULLY WILLING TO MAINTAIN YOUR FORK OF
   WXWIDGETS YOURSELF FOR SEVERAL YEARS**, then release your experimental
   package to Debian unstable.

* otherwise wait until wxWidgets maintainer consider it reasonable to
   provide the needed version of the wxWidgets library.


OK, see below.


Just for the record: the issue about packaging wxWidgets 3.1 has already been discussed with the maintainer:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=919903


--alec


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