On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 02:24:46PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Nicolás Lichtmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Package: nfs-server > > Implied-by: netbase (< x.x) > > > This header would only be used by package selection UIs (like apt). > > You can get the same info out of the Replaces header.
We need a few improvements: - A way to tell dselect (or apt's UI) that a package B_y is just a new version of an old package A_x. dselect should upgrade from A_x to B_y automatically, as it would do from A_x to A_x+1, without the user having to select B for install and A for purge. - (This is just an extension of the previous idea). A way to tell dselect that an old package A_x has been splitted in several, B_y, C_z, ... dselect should upgrade from A_x to B_y, C_z, ... automatically. That means it should remove A_x and install B_y, C_z, ... (all of them) without the user having to select B, C, ... That way all the functionality of the previous package A remains after the upgrade (no surprise). After the upgrade, the user will be able to remove C_z or B_y if he wants. -- Enrique Zanardi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
