On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 19:12:34 +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote:

> I don't see  exactly what point you try to make  here.  From a technical
> point of view, I see some advantages to handle this minor upgrade in the
> same way  as an ABI transition  (the strongest one being  to ensure that
> the old packages do not lie around).
> 
An ABI transition is not handled by breaking parallel installability.

> This can  be of course  discussed but I  don't see exactly the  point to
> discuss  it   outside  of   the  bug  report,   with  the   sponsor  and
> ftpmasters. And I  don't see what exactly is  the contribution of saying
> that it is "severely brain-damaged". Will you yell at ftpmasters/mentors
> each time you see that a package is not perfect?

His point is that this isn't a case of 'not perfect'.

Cheers,
Julien



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