-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Vincent,
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 09:06:24PM +0200, Vincent Fourmond wrote: >Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 04:53:42PM +0000, Mark Hymers wrote: >>> This package has been rejected because of the Depend: on >>> libversion-perl which is no longer in unstable or testing. If you >>> wish to upload this package, you will either need to not depend on >>> it or package and upload libversion-perl. >> >> I am perfectly aware that libversion-perl is available only as a >> virtual package in unstable and testing. I deliberately chose to use >> those virtual packages in order to ease backporting to Debian stable. >> >> I was unaware that this practice was unfit for Debian. > > ftpmasters replied it was a mistake so there's obviously nothing >wrong with that, but I had the impression that it was always safer to >provide a real package as an alternative of a virtual one: I don't see >where it would hurt backporting to use > >libversion-perl | perl-modules (>= 5.10.0-13 -- or whichever version >got the library in) > > Does it make sense ? Yes, that is certainly more elegant. Thanks for reminding me! When looking into it next time, I might do something even better, however: hide that irrelevant-for-current-Debian dependency by default and enable it only when some custom build flag is set. I did not mean to claim that build-dependency was most elegant - only that I felt it was wrong of ftpmaster to reject it on that basis. Which he agreed - so all is well :-) Kind regards, - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkid9NUACgkQn7DbMsAkQLiiGACgiYuWV8M4UAMjI5nlwppC4nGt xcQAn2W/rSFTz3PFHGdsZTAi3yeF88sw =e8E3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
