Control: tag -1 confirmed moreinfo On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 02:40:12AM +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > I would suggest the following: > > * reintroduce the packages libx52pro0 and libx52pro-dev as dummy > packages into jessie: no files, no scripts (or only empty scripts if > needed for smooth upgrades - to have the new script succeed after the > old one failed) > * there will be a clear upgrade path, this ensures the bad old scripts > are gone and the dummy packages can be removed from jessie without > problems > * a (new) RC bug will be filed against the (soon to be) crippled > package in sid to keep it out of stretch > > If this seems acceptable, I can prepare the dummy packages and send a > debdiff.
The other way is to fix it up through a point update in Wheezy before Jessie is released, but that doesn't guarantee the user will install it. So I don't think there's much choice, even if it is really nasty... If you're happy to prepare the dummy packages, please go ahead and let's see how they turn out. Thanks, -- Jonathan Wiltshire j...@debian.org Debian Developer http://people.debian.org/~jmw 4096R: 0xD3524C51 / 0A55 B7C5 1223 3942 86EC 74C3 5394 479D D352 4C51
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