Debian Bug report logs - #1002056
ITP: zlib-ng -- optimized zlib compression library

Package: wnpp; Maintainer for wnpp is [email protected];

Reported by: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 03:48:02 UTC

Owned by: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>

Severity: wishlist

Tags: pending

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On 2024-11-22 12:29:51 [+0100], Guillem Jover wrote:
> Hi!
Hi,

…
> WIP package at <https://git.hadrons.org/cgit/wip/debian/pkgs/zlib-ng.git/>.

just built that.
…
>   * To consider a switch we'd need to do a mass rebuild of the
>     archive. Ideally running autopkgtests and similar to exercise the
>     packages?

So you upload it to experimental then autopkgtests should pick it up and
run against unstable. You should the results in
	https://release.debian.org/britney/pseudo-excuses-experimental.html

> After having written the above, and if Mark agrees, I think I'd opt for
> uploading zlib-ng to experimental, with the compat packages renamed to
> libz-ng-compat* or similar (even if that implies later on another trip
> through NEW if we want to perform a full switch), because that might
> make it easier to move them to sid as a way less disruptive change,
> even if we decide not to switch the default zlib implementation.
> 
> OTOH and unfortunately I don't think I'm currently prepared to drive any
> of what I think might be required mass archive rebuilds and testing or
> the analysis mentioned above.

I just kicked a rebuild locally with libz1 in the chroot. The proper
-dev gets installed if asked so that should work. Dose computed 38659
packages so this could a while.

> Thanks,
> Guillem

Sebastian

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