On 2011-04-28 14:55, Ondřej Surý wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.0~rc2~bpo60+1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > there are only a few packages which really needs to depend on > versioned libdbX.Y(|++|-java|-sql|-stl)-dev packages, so I propose new > lintian error, which will check the build dependencies and report if > the package build-depend on a versioned Berkeley DB. > > There are few packages which really need versioned dependency (they > use transactions in Berkeley DB and don't have a sane upgrade path) > which could easily override this tag. > > This would really help the goal of having only one Berkeley DB version > per stable release. > > Thanks, > Ondrej > > -- System Information: > [...] > -- no debconf information > > >
Hey, Can we recycle the obsolete packages for this? I do not mind doing it; I just need to know if it is a proper way to handle this. ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
