On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:26:12PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:10:08PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > It depends whether you want to keep smooth upgraded between the old > > package and the new package. > > If you want it smooth, you have to provide a dummy package depending > > on the new package. Otherwise, create a new one and ask for the > > removal of the old one. However, users might not understand what's > > happening on their system. > > I really want a smoooooooooth upgrade, so smooth that I'm really tempted > to wait for woody release before changing the name of libraries package > I maintain.
Si, unless versioned provides are implemented in both dpkg and APT, you'll need dummy packages. Cheers, -- Jérôme Marant
