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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Re: is the whole unstable still broken by gcc-5?
From:       peter green <plugwash () p10link ! net>
Date:       2015-09-19 5:29:06
Message-ID: 55FCF2A2.4090303 () p10link ! net
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>The unusual problems with the g++-5 transition are:
Another big one is the descision was taken NOT to
change the sonames when making sub-transitions. I
presume this was done to avoid deviating from upstream
sonmaes but the flip side has been that major
sub-transitions have become "all or nothing".

Afaict this is the biggest contributor to the upgrade
pain that testing and unstable users are experiancing
and it will also likely be a major source of pain down
the line for people trying to migrate from jessie to
stretch.



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