Bug#586291: wesnoth-1.8: Please rename to wesnoth and remove older versions

2010-06-18 Thread Andreas Tille
Package: wesnoth-1.8 Severity: normal Hi, I would regard it as highly confusing if the new version of a program is hidden behind a version number and I stick to the old version after an upgrade. It took me some time to realise that we actually have wesnoth 1.8 in Debian (I admit I was not

Bug#586291: wesnoth-1.8: Please rename to wesnoth and remove older versions

2010-06-18 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
Hi! * Andreas Tille andr...@an3as.eu [2010-06-18 09:47:37 CEST]: I would regard it as highly confusing if the new version of a program is hidden behind a version number and I stick to the old version after an upgrade. It took me some time to realise that we actually have wesnoth 1.8

Bug#586291: wesnoth-1.8: Please rename to wesnoth and remove older versions

2010-06-18 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 09:58:00AM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: There will be a meta package, as outlined in my blog post: http://rhonda.deb.at/blog/debian/2010/06/09 I'm lacking an explanation what might make Wesnoth so special compared to other games that Debian (aka Release team and

Bug#586291: wesnoth-1.8: Please rename to wesnoth and remove older versions

2010-06-18 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
* Andreas Tille andr...@an3as.eu [2010-06-18 10:26:58 CEST]: On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 09:58:00AM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: There will be a meta package, as outlined in my blog post: http://rhonda.deb.at/blog/debian/2010/06/09 I'm lacking an explanation what might make Wesnoth so special

Bug#586291: wesnoth-1.8: Please rename to wesnoth and remove older versions

2010-06-18 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:19:19AM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: I'm lacking the information that you are part of either team or are needed to specifically be made aware of the communication with those teams. I can give you precise information about this: I'm not a part of either team - I just

Bug#586291: wesnoth-1.8: Please rename to wesnoth and remove older versions

2010-06-18 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
Hi again! * Andreas Tille andr...@an3as.eu [2010-06-18 11:40:12 CEST]: I reported a bug as a user of Debian and specifically wesnoth and the problem I detected was that I was failing in realising that Debian has packages for never versions but no smooth upgrade path. This information

Bug#586291: wesnoth-1.8: Please rename to wesnoth and remove older versions

2010-06-18 Thread Boris Bobrov
Against. I still have some saved games and if I update, they may become broken. There is no sense to keep wesnoth 1.6 in testing anymore, but it should not be replaced by new package either. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Bug#586291: wesnoth-1.8: Please rename to wesnoth and remove older versions

2010-06-18 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
Hi! * Boris Bobrov breton.li...@gmail.com [2010-06-18 13:33:22 CEST]: Against. I still have some saved games and if I update, they may become broken. Not broken, you won't be able to continue to play them with the new version anymore. There is no sense to keep wesnoth 1.6 in