Re: Release notes for slink
Your message dated: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:35:23 +0100
>On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Robert Woodcock wrote:
>
>> Many of you are painfully aware that there are some issues in slink that are
>> impractical to correct before release.
>>
>> For example, we're not going to be able to add Was-Part-Of: (or whatever)
>> functionality to dpkg, get it debugged, and get the netstd and X packages
>> rebuilt for it.
>>
>> Therefore I suggest documentation. :)
>
>I suggest empty compatibility packages or sensible use of Recommend: fields.
>This may be done with the current tools.
what about the ugly, brutal, yet effective dummy package strategy?
create empty packages that require, rather than just suggest or
recommend the new sub-packages. eg:
netstd requires telnet, talk, rexec, etc...
Then, once we get Was-Part-Of, we can remove the dummy packages. And,
since they are just dummy packages, they 1) don't need compiling and 2)
can be arch-indep. The main downside is that we end up initially over
installing. no more than what was on the machine before. And i guess
it might be confusing. (Then again, it's just as easy to explain as the
current situation once we get their eyeballs looking at the release
notes. =)
thoughts?
job
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