On 25/02/10 16:16, Michael Vogt wrote:
> This is fixed in bzr now and will be part of the next upload. It will
> display a different text depending on if universe is enabled or not. As
> for your comments in #3 - this is how we do it currently, packages that
> were obsolete before are not touched. Packages that become obsolete
> during the upgrade will be removed.
>
> This leaves the gray area of packages that are demoted to universe but
> not removed from the archive. Historically we have kept them on the
> users system if the user has universe enabled (most have) to not disrupt
> the users habits.
>   

I think the key question is whether they were in main and installed by
default, or just in main. If they were installed by default, then we
should remove them. If they were not installed by default, then leave
them because they were clearly selected by the user.

> This is a tricky area because e.g. when we move from gthumb (that is in
> universe now) to f-spot in the default install and would remove gthumb
> from the users system, then f-spot will not know how to import the
> gthumb catalogs, folders, bookmarks etc. So the user will have a new
> photo management application without photos. Depending on how technical
> he/she is,that can be a scary experience because he will not know if the
> photos are gone as well. So he needs to setup f-spot in the way he wants
> (import folders, etc) or manually go to software-center and get it back.
>   

We should not switch horses without providing an upgrade script which
moves the content/bookmarks/preferences/accounts.

Mark

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