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On 28-03-2019 01:22, vincent.mcint...@csiro.au wrote:
> Works for me.
And for me. So I have locally committed the attached changes which I
will push if no comments appear in the next two days.
Paul
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On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 12:17:41AM +, Justin B Rye wrote:
> vincent.mcint...@csiro.au wrote:
> >> +
> >> + The package descriptions for transitional dummy packages usually
> >> indicate their
> >> + purpose. However, they are not uniform; in particular, some
> >> dummy
> >> +
vincent.mcint...@csiro.au wrote:
>> +
>> + The package descriptions for transitional dummy packages usually
>> indicate their
>> + purpose. However, they are not uniform; in particular, some
>> dummy
>> + packages are designed to be kept installed (e.g. to express a
>>
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:34:20PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-03-27 at 22:52 +, vincent.mcint...@csiro.au wrote:
> [...]
> > I agree with everything you've said about this text but as regards
> > the patch I think some mention of tracking packages should be kept.
> > Something
On Wed, 2019-03-27 at 22:52 +, vincent.mcint...@csiro.au wrote:
[...]
> I agree with everything you've said about this text but as regards
> the patch I think some mention of tracking packages should be kept.
> Something like:
>
> One class of dummy package that are not intended to be
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 02:23:41PM +, Justin B Rye wrote:
> diff --git a/en/upgrading.dbk b/en/upgrading.dbk
> index a22924f3..37fa449d 100644
> --- a/en/upgrading.dbk
> +++ b/en/upgrading.dbk
> @@ -1311,24 +1311,25 @@ $ aptitude purge '~c'
>
>
>
> -Dummy packages
> -
> -
Further thoughts on a revised version:
> Dummy packages
>
> Some packages from have been split into several
> packages in , often to improve system maintainability. To
> ease the upgrade path in such cases, often provides
> dummy packages: empty packages that have the same name
Paul Gevers wrote:
> I wonder what is missing there from the perspective of this bug. The
> section about dummy packages exists since before 2009 and currently reads:
> '''
> Dummy packages
>
> Some packages from have been split into several
> packages in , often to improve system
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On Sun, 10 Jun 2018 02:15:51 +0100 Ben Hutchings
wrote:
> > Perhaps a better location would be the upgrading chapter of the release
> > notes? [1]
> >
> > That includes various things that one can do to clean up your system
> > after the upgrade; removing transitional
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