Bug#651503: rake: dependency on virtual package rdoc pulls in transitional package ruby
On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 09:58:57 +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: the new dependency on virtual package rdoc pulls in transitional package ruby. On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 19:29:58 -0400, Nathan Stratton Treadway wrote: Doing so would presumably help avoid pulling in the ruby v4.8 transitional package by mistake) [Just to clarify the history of this discussion: From version 4.6 up through 4.8, the ruby package was described as a transitional package (and included the note It can safely be removed.), implying one would generally want to avoid installing it However, starting with v4.9 the package is instead described as a default version package -- and thus it does make sense for the rake package to continue to depend on ruby | ruby-interpreter. (That way, installing rake will pull in the currently-designated default Ruby version if there isn't already some ruby-interpreter installed). ] Nathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#651503: rake: dependency on virtual package rdoc pulls in transitional package ruby
the new dependency on virtual package rdoc pulls in transitional package ruby. I'm not sure if this package is to blame. But to me it seems the package rdoc and the versioned packages rdoc1.8 and rdoc1.9.1 are virtual packages provided by the ruby* packages. Therefore, the dependency on ruby | ruby-interpreter should be sufficient. Right... both the ruby1.8 and ruby1.9.1 packages provide rdoc internally, so that separate dependency is probably no longer needed. Alternatively, the dependency could be changed to something along the lines of rdoc | rdoc1.8 | rdoc1.9.1. There is a similar issue with the rubygems dependency, which forces the installation of the rubygems (1.8) package even though the ruby1.9.1 package itself provides rubygems1.9.1. So, perhaps the rake dependency should be changed to rubygems1.8 | rubygems1.9.1 ? Nathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#651503: rake: dependency on virtual package rdoc pulls in transitional package ruby
(On a related note, ruby-interpreter is now provided by all the available ruby1.x packages, so it should probably be safe to drop the ruby half of the rake packages's ruby | ruby-interpreter dependency. Doing so would presumably help avoid pulling in the ruby v4.8 transitional package by mistake) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#651503: rake: dependency on virtual package rdoc pulls in transitional package ruby
Package: rake Version: 0.9.2.2-2 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer, the new dependency on virtual package rdoc pulls in transitional package ruby. I'm not sure if this package is to blame. But to me it seems the package rdoc and the versioned packages rdoc1.8 and rdoc1.9.1 are virtual packages provided by the ruby* packages. Therefore, the dependency on ruby | ruby-interpreter should be sufficient. -- Best regards, Jörg-Volker. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (5, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages rake depends on: ii ruby [rdoc] 4.8 ii ruby1.8 [ruby-interpreter] 1.8.7.352-2 ii rubygems1.8.10-1 Versions of packages rake recommends: ii zip 3.0-4 rake suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
