Hi, On Tue, 12 Apr 2011, Bill Allombert wrote: > > We deliberately skip .list as we don't guarantee that we're always going > > to use .list and there's no guaranty that the format of the file won't be > > extended to store more information. You should not read those files > > directly. > > Hello Raphael, > I have a hard time identifying what you mean by 'we' and 'you' in the above > sentences.
we = the dpkg developers you = popcon / the popcon maintainer who controls the code in popcon > I do not read these file. This is what the script popularity-contest do and > have > done since well before I was the maintainer of popcon or you the maintainer > of dpkg. This doesn't make it any less wrong. > There is a single project, Debian, and Debian developers need to figure out a > way to get popularity-contest and dpkg to work together nicely, and set up a > transition > period to allow partial upgrades. We'll gladly add Breaks to help people switch to fixed versions of software. But for this we need a fixed popcon first. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
