On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 08:15:33PM +0100, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > 2014-09-26 19:36 GMT+01:00 Markus Koschany <[email protected]>: > > Package: flare > > Version: 0.18-1 > > Severity: important > > > > > > Hi, > > > > it seems we have now two almost identical flare packages in Debian. > > Flare 0.18 is obviously superseded by flare-game 0.19. Unfortunately the > > latter did not provide a transitional package for upgrading purposes, so > > users, who installed 0.18, have to install flare-game 0.19 manually. > > > > In any event I think two source packages of the same game are not > > necessary. What do you think? Should flare 0.18 be removed from Debian? > > Should be removed, yes, but 0.19 spent a few months in the NEW queue > and I didn't get around to it yet. Thanks for the heads-up. > > Martin, what do you think of adding 'provides', something like > flare-game provides flare and flare-data? I don't know if there's a > downside to that, I don't have much experience in that area. Once > this is done, I can remove the others. > > Alternatively, I was thinking on making the 0.18 versions to be just > meta-packages (flare -> flare-engine, flare-date -> flare-game). > > Looking forward to read your opinions on the matter.
I agree that flare 0.19 should provide the old packages to ease the transition, and that flare 0.18 should be removed from the archive afterward. Someone should doublecheck the policy to see the exact rules to add for a smooth transition. I seem to remember that it's documented as an example somewhere. But I won't be able to do it myself before at least another month because of the work load that is currently pushed on me. Sorry, Mt. -- FACILE : se dit d'une femme qui a la moralité sexuelle d'un homme.
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