Russ Allbery wrote: > Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Russ Allbery wrote: > >>> Yes. If there are significant packages that become obsolete and >>> warrant a lintian warning to aid in a transition, please file a >>> wishlist bug against lintian and we'll include that check in the next >>> release. > >>> debcheck is available for the normal case. > >> The normal case being? I can't think of packages that should depend or >> build-depend on obsolete package without getting at least a warning from >> lintian? > > The normal case being that lintian normally does not do this check. This > is what debcheck is for, among other things. lintian does not have access > to information about packages other than the one being checked, and hence > can't trigger off of a section of oldlibs or the like. > > The obsolete packages listed in lintian are those for which there are > significant transitions and hence lintian warnings are a desireable > addition worth maintaining the specific tag in lintian. The normal case > of something moving into oldlibs should be handled by other tools.
So, libglib1.2ldbl, libgtk1.2 and maybe libgd2-xpm would qualify to be included? Do you want me to file a bug to include them or is mentioning them over here enough? Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
