Bug#463039: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#463039: why does octave3.0 provide: octave2.9?

2008-02-03 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 10:58:03PM +0100, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > > In practice, most of the reverse-depends of octave2.9 have versioned > > dependencies on octave2.9, so most of these will refuse to accept octave3.0 > > as a replacement. And octave3.0 also *conflicts* with octave2.9, so they'

Bug#463039: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#463039: why does octave3.0 provide: octave2.9?

2008-02-03 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
* Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-28 17:29]: > The octave3.0 package in unstable has the following provides line: > > Provides: octave, octave2.9 > > I don't see any possible way that this can be correct. Either octave3.0 is > 100% compatible with octave2.9, and the source/binary

Bug#463039: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#463039: why does octave3.0 provide: octave2.9?

2008-01-29 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
* Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-29 07:21]: > Well, note that I don't consider removal of the existing octave2.9 packages > to clear it up. The octave3.0 Provides: is still wrong, either because this > package does not provide identical functionality or because it's proof of a > grat

Bug#463039: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#463039: why does octave3.0 provide: octave2.9?

2008-01-29 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:32:27PM +0100, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > * Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-28 17:29]: > > The octave3.0 package in unstable has the following provides line: > > Provides: octave, octave2.9 > > I don't see any possible way that this can be correct. Eith

Bug#463039: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#463039: why does octave3.0 provide: octave2.9?

2008-01-29 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
* Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-28 17:29]: > Package: octave3.0 > Version: 3.0.0-1 > Severity: serious > User: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Usertags: origin-ubuntu > > Hi, > > The octave3.0 package in unstable has the following provides line: > > Provides: octave, octave2.9 > > I don't