Cyril Brulebois schrieb: > [Please keep the bug in Cc, thanks.] > > Andrew McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (30/08/2007): >>> The reasonable fix is to wait for the package to get out of NEW. >> So where can I get it from until then? How long will it take? > > Nowhere, that's the NEW queue (packages may have legal troubles and the > like, that's why there are available for no-one but FTP masters). > > No ETA. Some packages get out really quickly (some hours), some others > may wait some days or even weeks, depending on manpower, workload and so > on. > >>> AFAICT, gnome isn't the only UI (network-manager-kde…). By reading >>> the changelog, you may also notice that several bugs are fixed by >>> this upload, that might explains why the maintainer didn't wait for >>> the other package to go out of NEW. >> Sure, I understand that half the world uses KDE, and that >> network-manager-kde likely suffered similar problems, but how many of >> those installations were broken *before* this upload, vs. how many >> Gnome ones are broken *after*. > > Well, what breaks? There's a conflict, so either one removes the -gnome > package, or keep the installed network-manager package. In the former > case, one might think that something will be broken, so could tend not > to force the upgrade. Then, by reading the changelog, one might > understand that another -gnome binary is expected, and then wait for it. > That's at least what I would expect from sid users. > >> AFAICS the package would not normally be installed when it *does* come >> out of NEW, either, because it's been uninstalled now, so people will >> have to manually go back and reselect it. > > That's correct, since you ACK'd the removal.
As Cyril explained it already very accurately, the correct way (for users using network-manager-gnome) is simply to not force the upgrade until network-manager-applet has left NEW. The old 0.6.4 packages will then automatically be kept on hold. The default of apt-get and aptitude is, to not remove packages on upgrade (unless you do a dist-upgrade resp. full-upgrade). For the future, simply use apt-get upgrade or aptitude safe-upgrade. Otherwise you will hit the same problem on library transitions etc. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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