On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 10:45:00AM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > The next version of R [1] ships with the previously included Gnome front-end.
without, I assume. > So the r-gnome binary package becomes an empty shell, and I would like to > signal that via a NEWS file (as opposed to a debconf message). However, in > my tests, the NEWS file never got displayed by apt-listchanges. Why do you still include that package then? If that package stops existing, you shouldn't build it anymore IMHO. Having an empty package only has use if it's a transition package depending on the renamed package. Since this isn't what r-gnome will be as far as I understand you, you should simply stop building r-gnome from r-base. People upgrading will notice r-gnome will be uninstalled (if dependencies force that) or that it is obsolete (otherwise, if they use a proper frontend like aptitude). It'd otherwise also be a bit of a bummer if someone installs r-gnome, only to discover it's an empty package. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
