Hi Ansgar, On 08/29/2010 06:13 PM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
> I am not too happy about libwww-perl5.808-perl. we were not particularly happy about it either, but somehow lacked better ideas. > I see several problems > with this: > 1. We obviously don't really want old versions of libraries, ack. it as a single reverse depedency which has bioperl1.2.3 as a single reverse dependency which has Ensembl as a single reverse dependency. > 2. This package provides and conflicts with libwww-perl, that means > 2a. packages with versioned dependencies on libwww-perl will not be > co-installable with this package (this includes libbio-das-lite-perl > as well which I think is related to Ensemble/BioPerl and in NEW as > well). > 2b. might break packages that have an unversioned dependency on > libwww-perl, but expect a newer version. we don't really need the Provides. This can go. > As libwww-perl has many reverse dependencies (> 200 direct rdeps) this > seems likely to me; I did not investigate how many packages have > versioned dependencies on libwww-perl. Ack. We'd reupload with the "Provides" gone ... and upload to experimental since we are in the freeze. Thanks Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c7a9af2.2090...@gmx.de
