Bug#633358: removing libreadline5-dev breaks build of clisp

[Julien Cristau]

On Sat, Jul  9, 2011 at 19:10:35 +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:

> reassign 633358 clisp
> thanks
> 
> On 07/09/2011 06:22 PM, Christoph Egger wrote:
> > Package: src:readline5
> > Version: 5.2-9
> > Severity: critical
> > 
> > Removal of libreadline5-dev made clisp release-buggy -- as it no
> > longer builds from source in unstable. There was no notification of
> > reverse dependencies and no rational for the rename given ever.
> 
> wrong. see bug #553741. however I did miss adding the comments for packages like
> clisp, and filed in still open reports like in
> 
>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=553808#10
> 
> "The package still build-depends on libreadline5-dev. Please
> change the dependency to libreadline-dev, before libreadline5-dev
> isn't built anymore.
> 
> Packages which cannot use readline6 (GPLv3) should build-depend
> on libreadline-gplv2-dev instead."
> 
There's absolutely no reason for that renaming and making pointless work
for reverse dependencies, is there?

Cheers,
Julien