Bug#968379: wireshark-common: versioned dependency on libsystemd0 breaks installability with elogind

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn]

On Wed, 19 Aug 2020, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2020, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
> 
> > > libelogind0 actually *does* implement much of libsystemd0's ABI.
> > > Just wait for the new version.
> > 
> > Nothing pesonal.  This has been gone for too long.  I'm tired, but 
> > just let me put it this way:
> [...]

Nothing personal, but...

> I'm in the same boat. But if you use sid, you've got to be prepared
> for breakage until the package is adjusted.

No problem.  I'm prepared and I've been prepared for years.  But this 
mess is over the edge :(

> The package will be ad
> justed in the next version, so please just wait for it ― more hack‐
> ish suggestions will NOT help at this point.

The 'more' word is annoying me, sorry.  What does it take to end this 
misery?

What is the current leader at debian.org prepared to do about it?  
Former leader Sam Hartman tried, but this is still in messy state :(
I wish I could do something about it, but I don't feel competent 
enough to do so, I'm afraid :(


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Cristian