Frank Küster wrote: > Otavio Salvador <otavio <at> debian.org> writes: > >> Frank Küster <frank <at> debian.org> writes: > > Sorry for the late answer, I'm not subscribed to -release and didn't see this > follow-up. Please Cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you reply, I can't do that in > the gmane interface. > >> Frank Küster <frank <at> debian.org> writes: >> >>> The new tetex-base package for etch would differ only in the changelog >>> and the postrm, which would lack these lines: >>> > [...] >>> Would you agree with such a fix? >> I don't see this bug as a bug but as a feature. It's what purge is >> suppose to do, if user don't want to have conffiles removed he/her >> should remove the package, not purge. > > The point is that these files are now conffiles of a different package, which > is > broken if you purge tetex-base. That's not a feature for sure, even if the > packages are related somehow. > > The bug is also a problem for etch users who switch from tetex to texlive, but > in this case it's less likely that they purge tetex-base. The real problem > comes when everyone is forced to do the switch in lenny. > > > I'm grateful for the discussion, but I'd really like to hear from the official > stable release managers, too.
Yes, this would be considered, please upload to proposed-updates. Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
