On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 12:58:09PM +1000, Adam Conrad wrote: > > There is a circular dependency between php5-mysql and php5-mysqli:
> > php5-mysql :Depends: php5-mysqli (= 5.1.6-2) > > php5-mysqli :Depends: php5-mysql (= 5.1.6-2) > Circular dependencies, while often incorrect and hellish on upgrades, > are not always a bug. The dependency loop will happily be broken by the > package management tools, and since the maintainer scripts of these > packages don't depend on each other, it's not a practical problem, just > an aesthetic one. > > What is the purpose to have both packages if users are requested to > > install both of them anyway? > The point is that, in the future, we intend to ship both modules in one > package with the New And Improved config setup, and this is the easiest > way to ensure future upgrade paths remain sane for people who install > from the "old config setup" and later upgrade to the shiny new one. > For the record, php5 has shipped this way in Ubuntu since before the > dapper release, and it's neither generated a single problem report, nor > a single complaint. Color me confused; why do we need two modules for this anyway? That seems rather bletcherous. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]