Hello
Jiri Palecek (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I have a question about when can a package enter
> testing, particularly when does it break other packages.
>
> I could imagine that, for example:
>
> packages A can be added to testing, packages U upgraded
> and R removed if for any debian system, upgrading packages
> in U and removing packages in R doesn't yield any broken
> packages (that is, unmet depends or conflicts)
>
> However, this has flaws.
>
> Imagine the situation, in which there are packages A and B,
> previously unrelated, and a new version of A is coming in and
> it Conflicts: B. In that case, systems having both A and B
> will have to remove one. Is that OK?
Yes. Obviously the new package requires you to remove either one. This
happend with recet hotplug and udev versions. This is okay as long as
the new package has correct dependencies that make sure the conflicting
packages are removed.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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