On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 12:10:32PM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote: > Russell Coker wrote: > > On Saturday 07 April 2007 17:46, Brice Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >>> xutils should not depend on xutils-dev. > >> I think it should, to ensure a smooth transition from sarge to etch. > >> xutils-dev did not exist in sarge. xutils used to contain all what's in > >> both xutils and xutils-dev now. > > > > In that case it should have been handled by a compatibility package. > > Well, this is a common example of package split. Transitional packages > only help when the new packages are not named as the old one. The only > way to satisfy people wanting a smooth upgrade from sarge, and not > installing xutils-dev unless required on a new Etch install would have > been to rename xutils into foo and foo-dev and add a transition package > xutils depending on foo and foo-dev. I am not sure this reason is enough > to justify a package renaming. > > Anyway, there's actually another bug report about this (#330751: xutils > package should be splitted). I'll keep this bug in my queue of things to > look at after Etch is released (it is unfortunately way too late for > Etch now).
etch has been release, so as far as I can see, there is no longer a reason to keep this Depends. Could you either drop it, or change it to a Suggests or Recommends? Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
