On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 08:30:59AM +0200, Robert Jordens wrote:
> Hello!

> [Wed, 13 Jul 2005] Wesley J. Landaker wrote:
> > It seems that libjack0.80.0 was removed awfully abruptly, leaving a lot of 
> > packages uninstallable. Maybe it was done as a "big-stick" to beat people 
> > into action, but it's pretty annoying for users and developers alike, 
> > especially since it conflicts with the C++ transition. 

> > Oh well, whatever.

> It doesn't conflict with the C++ transition at all. Those packages that
> are C++ have to do both transitions at once, those that do not, should
> fix it now.

> Acutally, for the C++ packages that use jack, the jack transition is
> even less painfull during a C++ transition than before or after it since
> the packages are uninstallable anyway because of the C++ transition ;-]

It makes it harder because the jack transition is bound up with whatever
other C++ library transitions are also involved, meaning that all related
packages must be ready to transition into testing at the same time.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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