On Saturday 02 November 2013 11:50:37 bns_robson wrote: > Package: kdelibs-bin > Version: 4:4.10.5-1+b1 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > nb I've selected severity grave as this bug renders kdelibs4c2a (and > everything that depends on it) unusable, not because it makes kdelibs-bin > unusable. > > kdelibs4c2a is a part of kde3 and is required by kde3 programs. It was last > shipped by debian as part of squeeze. Neither the kdelibs-bin in squeeze > or the kdelibs-bin in wheezy conflicts with kdelibs4c2a. However, the > current kdelibs-bin in jessie does conflict with kdelibs4c2a which prevents > the use of kde3 programs on jessie. > > I've looked at > http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/i386/kdelibs-bin/filelist > http://packages.debian.org/jessie/i386/kdelibs-bin/filelist > and the conflict appears to have been added as two files > (/usr/bin/kmailservice and /usr/bin/ktelnetservice) have been introduced > which already exist in > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/i386/kdelibs4c2a/filelist > > On previous occasions instead of introducing a conflict a '4' was added to > the filename e.g /usr/bin/kshell4 to avoid a conflict with /usr/bin/kshell > thereby allowing the continued use of kde3 programs. > > I'd like kdelibs-bin in jessie changed so that it uses filenames > /usr/bin/kmailservice4 and /usr/bin/ktelnetservice4, thereby removing the > conflict and allowing the use of old kde3 programs on jessie.
Pino has marked this bug as wishlist, but I think it should be simply closed
as invalid. We do not support KDE3 nor it's related apps anymore since a long
time ago.
Having to rename binaries causes more burdens on the maintainer's side,
diverging from upstream for little to no gain.
Kinds regards, Lisandro.
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Damian Nadales
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Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer
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