[Pkg-protobuf-devel] Bug#795841: protobuf: Please package version 3.0.0a3 of protobuf

[Riku Voipio]

On perjantaina 4. joulukuuta 2015 17.55.15 EET, Robert Edmonds wrote:
> Riku Voipio wrote:
>> protobuf3 is now in beta. Since this package is in 
>> collab-maint, do you mind
>> if update the package in archive?
>
> Hi, Riku:
>
> The protobuf packaging repository is moving to a dedicated packaging
> group on Alioth, which is working on the protobuf 3 release:
>
>     https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-protobuf/
>
> The repository in collab-maint will probably be retired after protobuf 3
> is uploaded to the archive.

Thanks for updating the state. The bugreport was silent so I was left
wondering.

> If you're interested in helping with the protobuf package please join
> the pkg-protobuf-devel mailing list and coordinate there with the other
> folks working on protobuf 3.  IIRC, there are a lot of disruptive
> upstream changes that make the update from protobuf 2.x to protobuf 3
> not so simple.

I did a quick packaging at:

https://people.debian.org/~riku/protobuf/

I think best way to weed out disruptive upstream changes would be upload to 
experimental.