Bug#641298: libmaven-scm-java: circular dependency hell

2011-09-26 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:25:24PM +0200, Torsten Werner wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Bill Allombert bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr wrote: Symptoms include 'apt-get dist-upgrade' from stable to next-stable trying to remove a lot of packages by failure to find a better upgrade

Bug#641298: libmaven-scm-java: circular dependency hell

2011-09-14 Thread Torsten Werner
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Bill Allombert bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr wrote: See threads http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/06/msg02111.html I've re-read the policy. I've found out that the circular dependency 'hell' is about the configure phase and can happen only if *all*

Bug#641298: libmaven-scm-java: circular dependency hell

2011-09-13 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 05:07:18PM +0200, Torsten Werner wrote: Hi, On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Bill Allombert ballo...@debian.org wrote: Complex circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade, so we should try to get rid of them. may you explain a bug scenario

Bug#641298: libmaven-scm-java: circular dependency hell

2011-09-13 Thread Torsten Werner
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Bill Allombert bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr wrote: Symptoms include 'apt-get dist-upgrade' from stable to next-stable trying to remove a lot of packages by failure to find a better upgrade path, to maintainer scripts failing because they assume the

Bug#641298: libmaven-scm-java: circular dependency hell

2011-09-12 Thread Bill Allombert
Package: libmaven-scm-java Version: 1.3-3 Severity: important Hello Debian Java Maintainers, There is a circular dependency between libmaven-scm-java, libmaven2-core-java and libwagon-java: libmaven-scm-java :Depends: libmaven2-core-java libmaven2-core-java :Depends: libwagon-java

Bug#641298: libmaven-scm-java: circular dependency hell

2011-09-12 Thread Torsten Werner
Hi, On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Bill Allombert ballo...@debian.org wrote: Complex circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade, so we should try to get rid of them. may you explain a bug scenario that can be reproduced, please? I am not aware of update problems of