On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:25:16 +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Kartik Mistry <kar...@debian.org> wrote: > >> $ apt-get install -t testing publican > >> > >> will not take libfile-copy-recursive-perl from testing. I think you > >> need to Depends: libfile-copy-recursive-perl (>1:5.1p1-5) > > > > You mean: (>= 0.38). Right? :) > > > > And yes, I don't think mixing releases will make life easy for > > packages and supported :P > > > > Since testing/unstable has 0.38, I think this bug can be closed.. > > This will make it horribly hard for a backporter. You need to > explicitely state when a dependencie need at least a particular > version. > This is an implicit dependencie, I really do not understand why you > refuse the change I propose ? what is so wrong with my proposal ?
FWIW: I completely agree. If libfile-copy-recursive-perl >= 0.38 is needed and there are older versions in the archive then a versioned dependency is warranted. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG Key IDs: 0x8649AA06, 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Bettina Wegner: In einem kühlen Grunde
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