Hello, On Wed 10 Aug 2022 at 01:00PM +02, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Hi! > > On Tue, 2022-08-09 at 20:42:15 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: >> On Wed 10 Aug 2022 at 01:53AM +02, Guillem Jover wrote: >> >> > Package: ftp.debian.org >> > Severity: wishlist >> > User: ftp.debian....@packages.debian.org >> > Usertags: override >> > User: guil...@debian.org >> > Usertags: inetutils-default-telnet-switch inetutils-default-telnetd-switch > >> > Please update the overrides for these telnet related packages, as part >> > of the netkit to inetutils telnet "default" implementation switch. >> > >> > <https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2022/07/msg00139.html> >> >> Done these, though I'm not so sure about the oldlibs for the >> transitional packages if you're planning to remove them the very next >> release cycle -- normally we don't bother changing overrides for that. > > Thanks! And oh, had not heard this before. > > Well the oldlibs is machine-readable way to convey that these are > obsolete packages (given that we lack a proper obsolete section), that > help both humans (f.ex. via grouping in the aptitude section subtree), > or QA programs. So, I've never thought their life expectancy would be > relevant. :) I think it's because override changes are manual and there are a lot of transitional packages each release, so it would be a lot of work for not so much gain. -- Sean Whitton
