On Wed 2020-03-11 03:50:00 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> If some of the packages providing a virtual package are explicitly
> installed, and some auto-installed, it could reasonably auto-remove the
> latter group (though I don't think it does). But if all of them are
> auto-installed, which will be the case for kernel packages, it can't
> tell which should be kept and which removed.
hm, right, i can see how that would be a problem. thanks for the
explanation.
> But nothing will auto-remove the wireguard package. So you would have
> to keep it as a transitional package for one release cycle, even when
> it depends on just wireguard-tools.
I don't think it would be a problem to have a transitional package for
one release cycle. do you?
> Yes, this is annoyingly complicated. That's why I need there to be a
> plan.
I'm open to any suggestions that you think would work better than what
we've talked about so far. Let me know what you prefer.
--dkg
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