Hi Ole,
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 05:30:12PM +0100, Ole Streicher wrote:
>
> This is just a typo: a "-" is missing between virtual and observatory.
>
> https://packages.debian.org/unstable/astro-virtual-observatory
I should have waited with the additional upload probably ... However,
no real harm is done since we will upload before the final release
another set of metapackages. I think its better not to touch the
packages in the new queue right now.
If you disagree feel free to ask for rejection again and lets upload
a fix.
> > I admit I'd prefer if you would not hardcode this task but
> > rather would use the established mechanism to verify the existence of
> > packages before adding the strict dependency. Do you have any good
> > reason to derive from this?
>
> They are hardcoded because I want to phase out the astronomy and
> astronomy-dev tasks in debian-science in favour of the Debian Astro Pure
> Blend. Existing users shall be redirected to the new tasks, but the old
> ones shall be marked as such. This needs to have them in "oldlibs", and
> with hard dependencies to the new tasks. Once Stretch is out, they
> should just be removed.
OK.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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