Re: BinNMUs of header only libraries (eigen3, flann, pcl)
Hi Jochen,
I do completely support this idea. I usually test some eigen3-dependent
packages against new version. But do not rebuilt them in repos.
If you open a discussion on debian-devel, please CC me.
Thanks for catching it.
Anton
2016-08-18 21:34 GMT+02:00 Jochen Sprickerhof
<debian-science@jochen.sprickerhof.de>:
> Hi Anton, Leo,
>
> I just stumbled over the problem that we have no transition tracking for
> header only libraries. If you grep for reverse build depends [1], you
> get quite a number of packages with outdated builds.
>
> I've found [2,3] mentioning Built-Using tags, but I guess for now doing a
> binNMU is probably the best way to go. So I would propose request one
> now and to add a paragraph to the d/README.Source.
>
> I'm preparing new uploads to unstable for flann and pcl, so I will ask
> for the binNMUs once they are through.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Cheers Jochen
>
> [1] grep-dctrl -FBuild-Depends libeigen3-dev -sPackage /var/lib/apt/lists/*Sources
> [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/10/msg00469.html
> [3] https://wiki.debian.org/StaticLinking
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