On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 08:51:20PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote: > >> "SMR" == Steve M Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > What I'm worried about is having some unsuspecting SID-user (e.g. me) > > suddenly having GNOME 1 stop working because some piece of GNOME 2 got > > installed during "apt-get upgrade". It would be nice to have some > > public commitment from the Debian Gnomes about this. I am getting a > > little worried about the Gnome 2 status reports (which are wonderful) > > that state things are already installed or in "incoming". Are we sure > > all of this will not upset existing Gnome 1 systems? > > I'm not sure if I was clear, but package name for application should be > package_name2 and this package should conflict with package_name, because > binaries name are the same in both packages. Ah, thanks. I did not realise this. I guess this is part of the Gnome 1->2 transition plan? In the latest Gnome 2 summary, I can see also packages like glib, gnome-core, gnome-applets, gnome-common, and the like that do NOT have a "2" in the package name. These packages are apparently being uploaded to "sid". Or are they? In the case of libraries, will the same binary .deb be compatible with both Gnome 1 and 2? Or will compatibility break at some revision? If the latter, will the newer packages cease being uploaded to sid? -S -- by Rocket to the Moon, by Airplane to the Rocket, by Taxi to the Airport, by Frontdoor to the Taxi, by throwing back the blanket and laying down the legs ... - They Might Be Giants
