On 2013-02-14 09:12:16 -0800, Scott Ritchie wrote: > On 2/13/13 10:43 PM, Martin Pitt wrote: > >Scott Ritchie [2013-02-13 22:35 -0800]: > >>We have (and will continue to have) many transitional dummy packages > >>with no content. I see two main advantages to flagging them: > >> > >>1) Lintian could be taught to warn about depending on them rather > >>than the "real" package > >>2) Software center could refuse to display them even in the detailed view > > > >Don't we already have "Section: oldlibs" for that?
"oldlibs" seems to be right: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-transition > I suppose we could keep using that, but are we telling > lintian/software center to do the right things in this case? lintian does already have a check for this: "transitional-package-should-be-oldlibs-extra" Michael -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
