On 2008-04-23 "Zephaniah E. Hull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:48:32AM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: >> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:14:28 +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: [...] >>> So we should not have a package lynx-cur in sid, and the package lynx >>> should be at version 2.8.7dev.8.
>> it is natural or reasonable for me to concluse, we should >> not have a package lynx in sid. > Actually, I'd suggest a very slightly different approach. [...] >> If you all think it is enough to update lynx to the >> current version (and a maintainer keeps it in the latest >> version), it's okay for me now (sigh). >> But if I'm allowed to advice, it will be better to use >> the package name lynx-cur because it is the name of the >> upstream source. [...] > As far as the current status goes, I have no objection to the package > currently known as lynx going away, as long as a lynx package continues > to exist and gets enough attention to not be a security risk. > That said, whichever package name goes away, we need a transition > package that depends on the other, at least for Lenny and maybe for > Lenny+1. The argument for lynx-cur being the same as upstream makes > sense, but so does 'apt-get install lynx' and 'the binary name is lynx'. [...] > So, my vote is for removal of the package currently known as lynx, with > the current lynx-cur package taking it's place in one form or another. [...] Hello, it looks like everybody can agree that that the "lynx" sourcepackage is removed and the "lynx-cur" one stays, the only open thing is the name of the binary package. - Either the binary package is named lynx and we get a empty dummy package lynx-cur depending on it or the other way round. I think that is going to be the maintainer's choice (Atsuhito), since he will get flamed for it. ;-) I have thought about providing a patch since neither lynx nor lynx-cur could be shipped with lenny currently. However to things have stopped me: * The choice above needs to made first. * The existance of lynx-cur-wrapper. This package makes the whole alternatives handling more complicated and I do not think it can be part of Debian at all. (481774 481778). cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
