* Russ Allbery <[email protected]>, 2010-07-03, 13:28:
--- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -4778,6 +4778,15 @@ Build-Depends: foo [linux-any], bar [any-i386], baz [!linux-any] </p><p> + Neither <tt>Breaks</tt> nor <tt>Conflicts</tt> should be used + unless two packages cannot be installed at the same time or + installing them both causes one of them to be broken or + unusable. Having similar functionality or performing the same + tasks as another package is not sufficient reason to + declare <tt>Breaks</tt> or <tt>Conflicts</tt> with that package. + </p> + + <p> A <tt>Conflicts</tt> entry may have an "earlier than" version clause if the reason for the conflict is corrected in a later version of one of the packages. However, normally the presence
Seconded. -- Jakub Wilk
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