Bug#1050322: Partial versus complete replacement of a package by another

2023-09-10 Thread Edward Little
Please remove the following email address: e.little...@gmail.com On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 6:51 PM Russ Allbery wrote: > julien.pu...@gmail.com writes: > > > Oh. I think I had two problems: > > (1) thinking "Replaces" meant "replaces" ; > > (2) thinking d/control controlled packages. > > > Let me

Bug#1050322: Partial versus complete replacement of a package by another

2023-09-09 Thread Russ Allbery
julien.pu...@gmail.com writes: > Oh. I think I had two problems: > (1) thinking "Replaces" meant "replaces" ; > (2) thinking d/control controlled packages. > Let me try to see if I'm getting at something: > (*) Replaces doesn't really mean "can be used in place of" > -- that would be

Bug#1050322: Partial versus complete replacement of a package by another

2023-08-26 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 09:22:41AM +0200, julien.pu...@gmail.com wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.6.2.0 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > over at bug #1050027 there is a discussion of applicable policy when > splitting a package. I'll first explain what the bug is about and then > why

Bug#1050322: Partial versus complete replacement of a package by another

2023-08-23 Thread julien . puydt
Hi, Le mercredi 23 août 2023 à 08:45 +0100, Simon McVittie a écrit : > No, the central misunderstanding here is that you think Replaces will > have the effect of instructing dpkg to remove the replaced package > completely, which is not the case. Oh. I think I had two problems: (1) thinking

Bug#1050322: Partial versus complete replacement of a package by another

2023-08-23 Thread Simon McVittie
On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 at 09:22:41 +0200, julien.pu...@gmail.com wrote: > In src:mathcomp-analysis 0.6.4-2, I declared that libcoq-mathcomp- > classical Breaks libcoq-mathcomp-analysis (<< 0.6.4) and closed the > bug. It was swiftly re-opened because I hadn't used Breaks+Replaces > according to

Bug#1050322: Partial versus complete replacement of a package by another

2023-08-23 Thread julien . puydt
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.6.2.0 Severity: normal Hi, over at bug #1050027 there is a discussion of applicable policy when splitting a package. I'll first explain what the bug is about and then why that's a problem with the Policy. The src:mathcomp-analysis package provided a single