Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > severity 410172 wishlist > tag 410172 wontfix > thanks > > On Thu, 08 Feb 2007, Aidas Kasparas wrote: >> libnet-server-perl version was 0.85-3 > > Sarge has libnet-server-perl 0.87-3 (in fact, 0.87-3sarge1), according to > packages.qa.debian.org/libnet-server-perl. > > Direct upgrades from releases earlier than Sarge to Etch are not supported, > so I am downgrading this bug to a wishlist request. > > Since the depends in libnet-server-perl are currently unversioned, I will > not add a version to it unless it is necessary. Therefore, this request > won't be addressed at this time. >
Henrique, please help me understand reasons of such decision (and don't repeat mistake I did by reporting this bug)? Why dependency without version is better than dependency with version? If uplink cared to code: use Net::Server 0.87; # need Net::Server::PreForkSimple::done he has very good reason to indicate that version < 0.87 will not work. So why should debian package? And regarding "from releases earlier than Sarge"... am I the last person, who upgrades packages from testing just when he need some new feature or sees security report? I tought, if dependency was versioned, some person like me would be saved from trouble while upgrading. So, where my tought are wrong? -- Aidas Kasparas IT administrator GM Consult Group, UAB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
