I wrote: > I proposed a solution a while back on debian-devel that was generally > conceded to be workable, but was found somehow distasteful. If you can't > find it in the archives I'll try to regenerate it.
I dug it out of my memory: A is to split into C and D. problem: only one of them can replace A. This won't bother new installs, but the user doing 'apt-get upgrade' will see some of the functionality of A vanish. This violates the principle of least astonishment. My solution is to create the dummy package B, which replaces A and depends on C and D. The new install will never see it, but it will make sure that no functionality is lost on upgrade. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
