On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 03:41:15PM -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > The "ucspi-tcp" created by Gerrit Pape breaks all packages produced from > "ucspi-tcp-src" created by Jon Marler. It does this in two ways, first it > uses the "ucspi-tcp" package name that ucspi-tcp-src has been using for > it's output packages for 10 years. Second, by using an epoch, ucspi-tcp > always appears to be more recent to `dpkg`. > > > I believe this actually qualifies for a severity of "critical", while > both package the same program, the two packaging jobs are otherwise > unrelated. Failing that, I believe this qualifies as "serious" due to > violating Debian policy 3.1 (non-unique package name). I'm submitting > this with a severity of "important" since the rules are debatable in this > situation.
Hi, you don't say in which way it breaks the older unofficial package for you. This should have been displayed to you when upgrading to the new package in Debian/main: $ zcat /usr/share/doc/ucspi-tcp/NEWS.Debian.gz ucspi-tcp (1:0.88-1) unstable; urgency=low With the ucspi-tcp package being put into the public domain by the upstream author, ucspi-tcp is now available as binary package in Debian/main. Please note that this new binary package does not include as many patches as the package created through the ucspi-tcp-src package available in Debian/non-free. ucspi-tcp-src is still available, if you don't want to upgrade to this new binary package, you should stop the installation, make sure the ucspi-tcp-src package is installed, and put ucspi-tcp on hold, as described in http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html#s-puttingonhold -- Gerrit Pape <p...@smarden.org> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:16:22 +0000 $ I'm sorry, I not yet understand your concerns. Regards, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
