Hi Helmut,
On 02.05.26 12:27, Helmut Grohne wrote:
Package: libvisam-tools
Version: 2.2-4
Severity: serious
Justification: Debian policy section 7.4
libvisam-tools declares Conflicts with vcheck, but its implementation of
the vcheck functionality differs fundamentall.
of course it does, the v of one package is derived from "version" and
the v from the other package is derived from "visam".
These tools solve fundamentally different tasks. The use of Conflicts is
inappropriate. For a recent decision in the same vein, refer to
rename.ul (#966468).
I read #966468 and #1003653 and still don't understand why a Conflicts:
is inappropriate here.
§7.4 of the policy says that a Conflicts: should be used "where one must
prevent simultaneous installation of two packages for reasons that are
ongoing". This is clearly the case here. It is not intended that one
should use both packages at the same time. Given vcheck's popcon I doubt
that anybody even wants to.
Thorsten
