On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 21:26 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > retitle 395922 RM: oprofile:oprofile-source -- RoM; obsolete, 2.4 kernels only > thanks > > On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 11:13 -0600, Al Stone wrote: > [...] > > This package derives from the oprofile source package; do NOT > > remove oprofile -- it is still highly useful. Only this part of > > the results of building oprofile need to be removed. I will be > > uploading a new version of oprofile soon that reflects this change > > in the source package. > > Once the new source package has been uploaded, the obsolete binary > package will be removed semi-automagically. Since the current source > package in unstable still builds the package, it won't get removed until > the new source is in the archive. > > For future reference, if a binary package is not built by any source > package it will be removed during semi-automagic archive maintenance > within a few days of it stopping being built and you don't need to > request removal (likewise source packages that have had all their binary > packages taken over by another source package). > > Regards, > > Adam
Thanks for the clarification. The developer's reference was not explicit in this regard; it was inferred, but not explicit. Should I just close/retract this bug then? -- Ciao, al ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Al Stone Alter Ego: Open Source and Linux R&D Debian Developer Hewlett-Packard Company http://www.debian.org E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
