On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 10:23:18AM +0000, David Jarvie wrote: > I'm running Etch. For a few weeks now, whenever I do my regular (more than > once a week) 'aptitude dist-upgrade', I get messages about unmet > dependencies. The original ones were about libpaper1 and libpaper-utils, but > in the last week or so more have started appearing each time. I'm surprised > that these haven't been fixed quickly. Does anybody know what is the reason > for these errors? > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > libpaperg: Depends: libpaper1 (= 1.1.14-3) but 1.1.14-5 is to be installed. > Depends: libpaper-utils (= 1.1.14-3) but 1.1.14-5 is to be > installed. > python2.3-glade2: Depends: python2.3-gtk2 (= 2.6.3-2) but 2.8.2-3 is > installed. > dbus-glib-1: Depends: dbus-1 (>= 0.23.4) but it is not installable > libhal0: Depends: dbus-1 (>= 0.23.4) but it is not installable > libhal-storage0: Depends: dbus-1 (>= 0.23.4) but it is not installable > dbus-qt-1-dev: Depends: dbus-qt-1c2 (= 0.23.4-8) but it is not installable > Depends: dbus-1-dev (= 0.23.4-8) but it is not installable > Hi David, the developent cycle begins with bug reports with bug fixes or new upstream versions. When those happen, a new version is created and its upload to unstable/sid. If this version is not found to be buddy, after about 10 days, it will get moved to testing/etch by 'britney'. So, things do not get fixed 'quickly'. The thing about testing is that things can be added and removed depending upon available depenpencies which leads to the situation above. The name 'testing' is actaully the workshop of 'Debian' as its where the next stable is born. -Kev
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