On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:24:45 +1100 Brian May <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 November 2014 15:05, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > [...] Maintainers can decide which they prefer and [...] > > > On second thoughts, me thinks this may not be as easy as you suggest. :-( > > i.e. if package XYZ changes to depend on python-mysqlclient, it is going to > conflict with every package that depends on python-mysqldb.
True. This is one of the cases that Optional/Extra was designed to cover. Is the original development inactive? I think it would be at least somewhat anti-social to switch to a non-friendly fork (no idea if that's relevant here). What are the circumstances around the fork. I think that's at least socially significant. Scott K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
