sync request for libbpp-core 2.0.3-1 from debian sid main

[Julien Yann Dutheil]

Dear ubuntu developers,

Please find here a request for a sync for some C++ bioinformatics libraries (currently in version 2.0.2 / 2.0.1 in ubuntu):
libbpp-core 2.0.3
libbpp-seq 2.0.3
libbpp-phyl 2.0.3
libbpp-popgen 2.0.3
libbpp-raa 2.0.3
libbpp-qt 2.0.2

The first ones only depend on the C++ STL and the last one depends in addition on Qt 4. No ubuntu changes are needed.

In addition these two packages
bppsuite 0.7.0-1
and
bppphyview 0.2.1-1
depending on the libraries would need to be also synchronized.

Thanks a lot in advance for the consideration you will give to this demand,

All the best,

Julien Dutheil.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

We are currently in Beta Freeze, could you please explain the rationale of this change, so the release team betters understands why you might need a freeze exception?

[Julien Yann Dutheil (julien-dutheil-i)]

Dear Daniel,

I am very sorry we have been delayed with our package preparation.
Despite the small version increase (2.0.2 to 2.0.3), the libraries and
programs add quite a lot of bugs fixed, notably related to some new
features introduced in the previous version. We really expect this new
version to be more stable. As Ubuntu is a widely used linux
distribution in the field of bioinformatics, we expect many of our
users to use the 2.0.3 version of the libraries, the 2.0.2 version
being introduced 2 ubuntu versions earlier. Notably, several new
pieces of software based on the 2.0.3 version have been published
recently.

Again, we are sorry for the inconvenience.

All the best,

Julien.

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Daniel Holbach
<email address hidden> wrote:
> We are currently in Beta Freeze, could you please explain the rationale
> of this change, so the release team betters understands why you might
> need a freeze exception?
>
> ** Changed in: libbpp-core (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
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>
> Title:
>  sync request for libbpp-core 2.0.3-1 from debian sid main
>
> Status in “libbpp-core” package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>  Dear ubuntu developers,
>
>  Please find here a request for a sync for some C++ bioinformatics libraries (currently in version 2.0.2 / 2.0.1 in ubuntu):
>  libbpp-core 2.0.3
>  libbpp-seq 2.0.3
>  libbpp-phyl 2.0.3
>  libbpp-popgen 2.0.3
>  libbpp-raa 2.0.3
>  libbpp-qt 2.0.2
>
>  The first ones only depend on the C++ STL and the last one depends in
>  addition on Qt 4. No ubuntu changes are needed.
>
>  In addition these two packages
>  bppsuite 0.7.0-1
>  and
>  bppphyview 0.2.1-1
>  depending on the libraries would need to be also synchronized.
>
>  Thanks a lot in advance for the consideration you will give to this
>  demand,
>
>  All the best,
>
>  Julien Dutheil.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Here is the added ChangeLog entries for all the requested syncs. It mostly looks like bug-fix only releases (and sometimes just releases with bumped version numbers), but I'll leave this to the discretion of the release team.

Thanks for the update Julien.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

From a sponsor's perspective they all look safe to be synced.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Ack. FFe approved.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Packages were synced, but they are going to sit in the Beta1 Freeze queue until the archive admins approved them. This bug therefore needs to be closed manually.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

All accepted.