On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:24:45 +1100 Brian May <br...@microcomaustralia.com.au> 
wrote:
> On 18 November 2014 15:05, Scott Kitterman <deb...@kitterman.com> wrote:
> >
> > [...] Maintainers can decide which they prefer and [...]
> 
> 
> On second thoughts, me thinks this may not be as easy as you suggest. :-(
> 
> i.e. if package XYZ changes to depend on python-mysqlclient, it is going to
> conflict with every package that depends on python-mysqldb.

True.  This is one of the cases that Optional/Extra was designed to cover.

Is the original development inactive?  I think it would be at least somewhat 
anti-social to switch to a non-friendly fork (no idea if that's relevant 
here).  What are the circumstances around the fork.  I think that's at least 
socially significant.

Scott K


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