block 703612 703610 thanks Le Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:15:43PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre a écrit : > > 6.7.7. Make transition packages deborphan compliant > [...] > For example, with --guess-dummy, deborphan tries to search all > transitional packages which were needed for upgrade but which can > now safely be removed. For that, it looks for the string dummy or > transitional in their short description. > > "which can now safely be removed" is incorrect, as a transitional > package can still contain executables and be functional, e.g. ffmpeg. > > According to > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692193#29 > > a transitional package can also be a package that will be removed > in a future version of Debian.
Hi Vincent, I guess that the best is first to correct deborphan, as you suggested in #703610, and then the Developer's Reference. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org