On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 05:06:02PM +0100, James Cowgill wrote: > Package: timelimit > Version: 1.8-1 > Severity: minor > > Hi, > > I only had a brief look at this after you posted an RFS for a new > upload, but it seems to me that this relation: > > Conflicts: netpipes (<< 4.2-6) > > should instead be: > > Breaks: netpipes (<< 4.2-6) > Replaces: netpipes (<< 4.2-6) > > which allows a more flexible upgrade path with no apparent issues > caused.
The problem is that timelimit and netpipes are completely independent packages; none of them upgrades the other. The reason for the unusual versioned conflict is that in netpipes-4.2-6, the netpipes maintainer, Mats Erik Andersson, chose to resolve this conflict by renaming the tool that is only a small part of the whole netpipes package and actually adding timelimit to netpipes's "Recommends". The timelimit package itself is no replacement for the main functionality of the netpipes package, it's more the other way round - a part of netpipes has functionality quite similar to (but just a bit inferior to, even if I do say so myself ;)) timelimit. Hm, I just had a thought... since netpipes recommends timelimit, should I get timelimit to "enhance" netpipes instead? I'll think about it... Anyway, thanks for taking an interest in timelimit and trying to improve it! G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint 2EE7 A7A5 17FC 124C F115 C354 651E EFB0 2527 DF13
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