[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#561944: transition: gnustep-gui

[Yavor Doganov]

# See also http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2010/03/msg00226.html
retitle 561944 transition: libgnustep-base1.19 -> 1.20; libgnustep-gui0.16 -> 0.18
thanks

Updating my initial information:

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 02:59:53PM +0200, Yavor Doganov wrote:
> Expected problems:

> * This transition is combined with the removal of the defoma
>   dependency in gnustep-back, so there might be regressions we don't
>   know about yet.

TTBOMK defoma-free gnustep-back is working properly.

> * adun.app reliably fails to build on mipsen, which looks like is due
>   to a regression in binutils (#519006).

GCC actually; I added a workaround in debian-med's SVN; untested as I
don't have access to a mipsen box.

> * gobjc-4.4 regression on armel: #550049

AFAICT this is fixed, although there was no explicit confirmation from
the GCC maintainers:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=12;bug=550049

> * The problems that the release team had in the past with GNUstep
>   transitions and involved Objective-C libraries/frameworks (see
>   subthread [1] if you forgot about this issue) are addressed, pending
>   sponsorship of the fixed packages [2].

All sponsored now.

> * Packages which FTBFS with the new gnustep-gui or for other reasons:

The full bug list here:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=tag&users=pkg-gnustep-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org&data=gnustep-transition

Total 33 -- 28 fixed; 5 outstanding, of which 3 with patches, 1
pending and 1 fixed upstream.

gnustep-base/1.20.1, gnustep-gui/0.18.0 and gnustep-back/0.18.0 are in
experimental.  Looking forward to your approval for the transition.