Package: open-vm-dkms
Version: 2:8.8.0+2011.12.20-562307-1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

I've just noticed that the package open-vm-source has been replaced by
open-vm-dkms:

sid:~# apt-cache show open-vm-source
Package: open-vm-source
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: contrib/admin
Installed-Size: 938
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>
Architecture: all
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:8.8.0+2011.09.23-491607-1
Depends: debhelper (>= 8), make, bzip2
Recommends: module-assistant, open-vm-tools
Suggests: open-vm-toolbox
Description: Source for VMware guest systems driver
 This package provides the source code for the open-vm kernel modules.
 The open-vm-tools package is also required in order to make use of these
 modules. Kernel source or headers are required to compile these modules.
Homepage: http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/

sid:~# apt-cache show open-vm-dkms
Package: open-vm-dkms
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:8.8.0+2011.12.20-562307-1
Installed-Size: 5491
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <[email protected]>
Architecture: all
Depends: dkms, make
Recommends: open-vm-tools
Suggests: open-vm-toolbox
Description-en: Source for VMware guest systems driver (DKMS)
 This package provides the source code for the open-vm kernel modules.
 The open-vm-tools package is also required in order to make use of these
 modules. Kernel source or headers are required to compile these modules.
Homepage: http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/
Description-md5: 8a2d753ada147c1a7cb97561da0092bf
Tag: admin::kernel, admin::virtualization, implemented-in::c, role::source
Section: admin
Priority: extra
Filename: 
pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-dkms_8.8.0+2011.12.20-562307-1_all.deb
Size: 1184120
MD5sum: 47f3414e14cab39a23fa1d4d797538fc
SHA1: 3722038d0a2cf46a8bb3ce2412edb8a0769666ea
SHA256: cbd9e884574bb25d9f0a31f8ccb8af00ef4f12c1435a05203aedbce456e7cb4a

I't would be nice if you could provide a transitional open-vm-source package
to people make aware of the change.

Regards,
  Hilmar

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL 
set to en_GB.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages open-vm-dkms depends on:
ii  dkms  2.2.0.3-1
ii  make  3.81-8.2

Versions of packages open-vm-dkms recommends:
ii  open-vm-tools  2:8.8.0+2011.12.20-562307-1

Versions of packages open-vm-dkms suggests:
pn  open-vm-toolbox  <none>

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