[pkg-otr-team] Bug#767103: Bug#767103: Bug#767103: irssi-plugin-otr doesn't work with irssi 0.8.17

[intrigeri]

Hi,

Holger Levsen wrote (10 Nov 2014 12:22:24 GMT) :
>> Also, it would be good if someone tried current libotr (backported to
>> Wheezy) + wheezy-backports' irssi-plugin-otr. I'd hate to break that
>> one when I upload the backport.

> i can test that...

I've just uploaded the latest libotr to wheezy-backports.
If irssi-plugin-otr from wheezy-backports still works with that
libotr, then this will help confirm that the problem is indeed
unrelated to libotr, but instead caused by the irssi upgrade, as
Rhonda pointed out. Holger, may you please test this?

Another way to confirm the root cause of the problem would be to
rebuild irssi-plugin-otr in testing or sid against:

  * the old libotr (4.0.x)
  * the new irssi (0.8.17-1)

... and test that on testing or sid (that is, with the new libotr and
new irssi installed). Any taker? (I'm not using irssi myself, just
giving a hand on this bug since I'm on the pkg-otr team.)

If any of these two tests works, then I'll be fully convinced that
indeed, this plugin needs to be binNMU'd every time irssi is updated,
and then:

  * we should have irssi-plugin-otr binNMU'd in testing;
  * for Stretch, we'll need to have the discussion that Rhonda started
    about library packaging.

Cheers,
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intrigeri