Bug#493588: gnome: dependency on gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg shouldn't be versioned

2008-08-03 Thread James Andrewartha
Package: gnome Version: 1:2.20.2.4 Severity: minor The dependency on gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg being versioned prevents the gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg-full package from debian-multimedia.org from satisfying it as dpkg doesn't do versioned Provides:. Is there any need for the dependency to be versioned? --

Bug#493588: gnome: dependency on gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg shouldn't be versioned

2008-08-03 Thread Loïc Minier
On Sun, Aug 03, 2008, James Andrewartha wrote: The dependency on gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg being versioned prevents the gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg-full package from debian-multimedia.org from satisfying it as dpkg doesn't do versioned Provides:. Is there any need for the dependency to be versioned?

Bug#493588: gnome: dependency on gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg shouldn't be versioned

2008-08-03 Thread Christian Marillat
Loïc Minier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Aug 03, 2008, James Andrewartha wrote: The dependency on gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg being versioned prevents the gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg-full package from debian-multimedia.org from satisfying it as dpkg doesn't do versioned Provides:. Is there any need

Bug#493588: gnome: dependency on gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg shouldn't be versioned

2008-08-03 Thread James Andrewartha
On Sun, 3 Aug 2008, Loïc Minier wrote: On Sun, Aug 03, 2008, Christian Marillat wrote: Which bad practice ? Introducing virtual packages of your choice by matters of Provides: this breaks versionned dependencies in the Debian archive as your packages (with the virutal provide) always

Bug#493588: gnome: dependency on gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg shouldn't be versioned

2008-08-03 Thread Loïc Minier
On Sun, Aug 03, 2008, Christian Marillat wrote: Which bad practice ? Introducing virtual packages of your choice by matters of Provides: this breaks versionned dependencies in the Debian archive as your packages (with the virutal provide) always satisfy the dependency, even if the version

Bug#493588: gnome: dependency on gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg shouldn't be versioned

2008-08-03 Thread Christian Marillat
James Andrewartha [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, 3 Aug 2008, Loïc Minier wrote: On Sun, Aug 03, 2008, Christian Marillat wrote: Which bad practice ? Introducing virtual packages of your choice by matters of Provides: this breaks versionned dependencies in the Debian archive as your

Bug#493588: gnome: dependency on gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg shouldn't be versioned

2008-08-03 Thread Loïc Minier
On Sun, Aug 03, 2008, James Andrewartha wrote: No, the problem is dpkg doesn't support versioned Provides: and so the dependency can never be satisfied even if the version is ok (which it is, not that I think it should be versioned in this case). Right, but the end result is that it