Re: how to compare versions

2010-02-06 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Wesley J. Landaker" writes: > On Friday 05 February 2010 04:43:05 Hideki Yamane wrote: >> > This is true in general, although it's perhaps worth noting that a rare >> > pre- depends on a priority required package like debconf by a priority >> > optional or extra package isn't likely to cause any

Re: how to compare versions

2010-02-05 Thread Hideki Yamane
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:00:47 -0200 Rogério Brito wrote: > > BTW, I would rename tomoyo-ccstools to tomoyo-ccstools1.7 and not > > provide upgrade path for that. If I just would upgrade this pacakge, > > it'll break system that it works with security policies for 1.6.x, so > > I should leave it and

Re: how to compare versions

2010-02-05 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Friday 05 February 2010 04:43:05 Hideki Yamane wrote: > > This is true in general, although it's perhaps worth noting that a rare > > pre- depends on a priority required package like debconf by a priority > > optional or extra package isn't likely to cause any trouble. > > Yes, it is true in g

Re: how to compare versions

2010-02-05 Thread Rogério Brito
On Feb 05 2010, Hideki Yamane wrote: > BTW, I would rename tomoyo-ccstools to tomoyo-ccstools1.7 and not > provide upgrade path for that. If I just would upgrade this pacakge, > it'll break system that it works with security policies for 1.6.x, so > I should leave it and provide README.Debian for u

Re: how to compare versions

2010-02-05 Thread Hideki Yamane
On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 21:01:12 -0700 "Wesley J. Landaker" wrote: > > It adds additional strong restrictions on the order in which packages > > must be upgraded. Too many such restrictions and there might not be a > > way to upgrade at all. Somewhere before that you (via apt/aptitutde/...) > > get the

Re: how to compare versions

2010-02-04 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Thursday 04 February 2010 10:49:28 Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Hideki Yamane writes: > > And I have a question - why should we avoid using pre-depends? > > What kind of problem would it cause? > > (it doesn't mean I want to use pre-depends, just curious) > > It adds additional strong rest

Re: how to compare versions

2010-02-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Hideki Yamane writes: > Hi Matthew, > > On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:04:13 +1100 > Matthew Palmer wrote: >> In short: you don't. >> >> You should make it clear in the NEWS.Debian file that there are >> compatibility issues, and your README.Debian should describe how to perform >> an upgrade manually (

Re: how to compare versions

2010-02-03 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi Matthew, On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:04:13 +1100 Matthew Palmer wrote: > In short: you don't. > > You should make it clear in the NEWS.Debian file that there are > compatibility issues, and your README.Debian should describe how to perform > an upgrade manually (or point to upstream documentation f

Re: how to compare versions

2010-02-02 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 01:43:49PM +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote: > I'm thinking about tomoyo-ccstools package update but it has a problem. > It has no compatibility with current version (1.6.8) and newer version > (1.7.1). So, I want users would be able to choice continue upgrading or > not with

how to compare versions

2010-02-02 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, I'm thinking about tomoyo-ccstools package update but it has a problem. It has no compatibility with current version (1.6.8) and newer version (1.7.1). So, I want users would be able to choice continue upgrading or not with debconf. I wrote that, but there's a problem - it compares vers