Package: sigil Version: 1.9.20+dfsg-1 Severity: important Justification: renders some versions uninstallable
The binary ‘sigil’ package has a strict versioned dependency on ‘sigil-data’, “Depends: sigil-data (= ${source:Version})”. This allows precisely one Debian release and will forbit installation if that version of ‘sigil-data’ is not available. This causes the package to be uninstallable when, for example, a recompiled package is released. (Hence the “Severity: important” for this bug report.) Debian currently has ‘sigil’ version “1.9.20+dfsg-1+b1”, which cannot install because it “Depends: sigil-data (= 1.9.20+dfsg-1+b1)”, which does not exist. Instead, the dependency should be relaxed. Is there a good reason to version this dependency? If a version is needed, can it be relaxed to “1.9.20+dfsg~” or similar? -- \ “Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a | `\ solution.” —Edward Teller | _o__) | Ben Finney <bign...@debian.org>
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