Re: How to smoothly merge packages ?

1999-06-15 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 11:46:40PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit écrivait: > Now quite a lot third-party packages depend e.g. on python-net. What's > the best method to ensure a smooth transition for both potato and > people upgrading Python from slink, how do I have to set up the > dependencies ? > > I

Re: How to smoothly merge packages ?

1999-06-15 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 11:46:40PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > I'd like to merge back some python packages (python-net, python-misc, > python-bsddb and python-curses) into python-base. > > Now quite a lot third-party packages depend e.g. on python-net. What's > the best method to ensure a smo

Re: How to smoothly merge packages ?

1999-06-15 Thread Rob Tillotson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > IIRC, during the big X11 package renaming, there was a need for some > empty dummy packages. Should I use empty python-net etc. packages and > urge the user to remove them when they are no longer necessary ? Or > can

How to smoothly merge packages ?

1999-06-15 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, I'd like to merge back some python packages (python-net, python-misc, python-bsddb and python-curses) into python-base. Now quite a lot third-party packages depend e.g. on python-net. What's the best method to ensure a smooth transition for both potato and people upgrading Python from slink,