[Ubuntu] Moving packages from Unstable to Stable (Trusty)

[Angelos Tzotsos]

On 10/28/2016 01:58 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
> On 10/28/2016 12:43 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> Looks like there is a demand to do the same package moving for Xenial
>> too, so unless someone has an objection to that, I would like to move
>> the packages to stable in the next 48 hours. Actually doing this for
>> Xenial is easier since there are no packages for this release in stable
>> until today.
> No objection from me.
>
> Care may need to be taken to not copy all packages at once, but stage
> these for various transitions. Because if the new core library packages
> (proj/geotiff/geos/spatialite/gdal/etc) are not built and installed in
> the PPA yet, the other packages will build with the old versions.

Actually in Xenial unstable we still use the upstream geos/geotiff/proj, 
so the starting point is gdal.

>
> It may be wise to stage this is ubuntugis-testing first to work out the
> issues involved with the several transitions. I can setup transition
> trackers for those to help get an overview of the various transitions,
> although I'm currently busy packaging GRASS 7.2.0-RC1, but should have
> time for that later this weekend.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Bas
>


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