Hello, I had, a few weeks before, suggested to add some `Stake' file to handle automatically the security alerts, or withdrawning decisions.
Hamish Moffat has suggested not to disrupt the packaging tools, and to try to implement this using the existing tools. Hamish was right, of course :) I've just discovered the existence of the `override' file, which seems to be exactly what is necessary. The idea is simple. If a package has to be removed, or is no longer supported by Debian-QA Team, it would be feasible to just override the good tags, like this : Conflicts: libc6(<= 2.1.3.2), libc6(> 2.1.3.2) and to propose an `updated' version, which replaces the old one by a kind of dummy package just advertising the decision of the Debian-QA Team. I think that the `Conflicts:' field would also operate on a `hold' package, but I'm not sure. Any comments ? Cheers, -- Thierry LARONDE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> website : http://www.polynum.com /home du SDF (Site Debian Francophone) : http://www.polynum.com/debian/
