Debian Bug report logs - #336660
RM: libs11n -- RoM; package outdated, new version requires all-new packages

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: RM: libs11n -- RoM; package outdated, new version requires all-new packages

Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:17:25 -0500

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal


martin krafft, who has tendonitis, wrote to me:
>also sprach Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> [2005.10.30.2253 +0100]:
>
>>>> > No more typing...
>>
>>> Would you like me to file the bug against ftp.debian.org for removal
>>> from unstable?
>
>
>i would appreciate it! the packaging has no be redone anyway because
>upstream changed a whole lot -- which is why the package is so
>outdated, i have not had the time...
>
>cheers,
>
>-- 
> .''`.     martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org>
>: :'  :    proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info

This is following a discussion in which we concluded that
(1) the new libs11n 1.1, if packaged, needs all-new binary package names
    (library *and* dev) because the API and ABI changed drastically
(2) the old packaging isn't particularly useful, but is still available
    from sarge anyway
(3) the packages have no reverse dependencies in Debian

When the package is removed from unstable, #322642 (reported against it)
should be closed as well.

Message #10 received at 336660-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian Archive Maintenance <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 336660-close@bugs.debian.org

Cc: libs11n@packages.debian.org, libs11n@packages.qa.debian.org

Subject: Bug#336660: fixed

Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:11:14 -0800

We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following
package(s) have been removed from unstable:

   libs11n |    0.8.7-2 | source
libs11n-dev |    0.8.7-2 | alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
libs11n-doc |    0.8.7-2 | all
  libs11n0 |    0.8.7-2 | alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc

Note that the package(s) have simply been removed from the tag
database and may (or may not) still be in the pool; this is not a bug.
The package(s) will be physically removed automatically when no suite
references them (and in the case of source, when no binary references
it).  Please also remember that the changes have been done on the
master archive (ftp-master.debian.org) and will not propagate to any
mirrors (ftp.debian.org included) until the next cron.daily run at the
earliest.

Packages are never removed from testing by hand.  Testing tracks
unstable and will automatically remove packages which were removed
from unstable when removing them from testing causes no dependency
problems.

Bugs which have been reported against this package are not automatically
removed from the Bug Tracking System.  Please check all open bugs and
close them or re-assign them to another package if the removed package
was superseded by another one.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 336660@bugs.debian.org.

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