My plan for libvorbis towards Jessie

[Martin Steghöfer]

Agreeing with everything about the plan.

Cheers,
Martin



Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> I was planning to upload the git version of libvorbis to unstable, but
> then I noticed that the patched version would enter testing before the
> last upload deadline before the freeze, and decided to allow my NMU to
> enter testing in case there is something wrong with the next upload
> that block it from making it into the Jessie release.
>
> After looking at the changes to libvorbis 1.3.4 compared to version
> 1.3.2 currently in Debian, and noticing header file changes that
> looked like they would cause ABI changes (and thus possibly breaking
> programs linked with the library), I did not dare to upload the 1.3.4
> version from git (aka the master branch), and instead decided to make
> a less intrucive upload to change the uploader list and the VCS links.
> This is in the new-uploaders branch in git.  Are there other changes
> that should be in this version?  I plan to upload it tomorrow, as soon
> as the 1.3.2-1.5 version enter testing.
>
> To get the 1.3.4 version into Debian, I believe we should start by
> uploading it to experimental, and once the freeze is over and Jessie
> is released, upload it to unstable.
>
> Do you agree with this approach?  Can you please review the changes in
> the new-uploaders branch and ensure that all the "safe" changes are
> included there for the Friday upload.
>