[Pkg-openmpi-maintainers] Open MPI 1.3 transition

[Manuel Prinz]

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Dear release team,

between versions 1.2 and 1.3 the ABI of Open MPI broke. The next upload
will fake an SONAME change by changing the library package name. I had
contact with Adeodata Simo about this (see bug #510845). Since the
upload will break dependant packages, I'd like to coordinate the upload
with you.

Currently, the next upload will fix the following bugs: 519725, 520597,
517543, 510845, 515116, 512616, and 522153. (4 serious, 1 important.)
The current package can be found in our SVN repository. I rebuild all
dependant packages in a sid chroot with the new Open MPI package
installed. There were no build errors. Since the API stays stable,
recompilation will fix the packages.

The dependant source packages are: [0]

arpack 
boost1.37 
boost1.38 
gpivtools 
gromacs 
hdf5 
hypre 
illuminator 
libgpiv 
libmesh 
music 
parmetis 
petsc 
rmpi 
slepc 
spooles

I'd like to hear your opinion on how to proceed. I can upload the new
Open MPI package any time since it is "finished". I did a lot of testing
to verify it builds and runs on alpha and sparc. I'd like to avoid to
modify the package to avoid accidental breakage and upload as is in the
SVN repo.

So, when should I upload? Will you schedule rebuilds for the dependant
packages? What can I do to assist you with the transition?

Sorry for asking rather stupid questions, this is the first transition I
have to do!

Best regards
Manuel

[0] Also see http://wiki.debian.org/OpenMPI13Transition

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