Hi! Am 02.02.2012 10:54, schrieb Tanguy Ortolo: > Packages can currenctly declared dependencies on specific versions of > other packages, with simple relations: <<, <=, =, >= and >>. For > instance: > Package: xul-ext-adblock-plus > Depends: iceweasel (>= 3.6.13) | iceape (>= 2.1) | … > > While this is sufficient for most cases, it does not cover one > interesting case: a dependencies on a range of versions. For instance: > Package: xul-ext-adblock-plus > Depends: iceweasel (>= 3.6.13, << 12.0~a1+) | iceape (>= 2.1, << 2.9~a1+) > | … [..]
Isn't that why we have versioned provides? E.g. iceweasel and iceape could provide xul-api-3.6 (or whatever), while all the xul-ext packages depends on xul-api-3.6. Isn't the best solution, but seems to be more elegant that the break you mentioned. Best regards, Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f2a6213.9010...@debian.org
