On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:10:19PM +1000, Peter Moulder wrote:
The ABI change will not start, before gcc-3.4.4, gcc-4.0.1 and binutils 2.16.1 are released and available on all architectures.
(from http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/06/msg00004.html)
as meaning that the C++ freeze won't start until those package versions are in unstable.
This has now changed:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/07/msg00001.html
and indeed the C++ transition has now begun.
libsigc++ has already been uploaded using g++ 4.0's ABI (late Jul 5); we are now waiting for libglibmm to be uploaded, and then libgtkmm can be uploaded, and then inkscape can be uploaded.
No g++-4-related bugs are filed against any of these packages.
The bug database suggests that Debian's libglibmm maintainer isn't very active, but OTOH any Debian developer is allowed to upload updated versions of another person's package 5 days after that package's dependencies become available in 4.0 form. Thus, with luck, inkscape could be uploadable in as little as a week's time -- or easily within July, anyway.
pjrm.