Bug#87699: tetex-bin: Please don't. A "suggests" and possibly a warning on install is better
Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp> cum veritate scripsit:
> > > A user who wants and so is familiar with texi2html will
> > > install texi2html even if there is no fake dependency,
> > > I guess. Package name is self-explanatory or trivial.
> >
> > We are not talking about a user,
> > we are talking about apt, and dpkg, and buildd, and all
> > the other tools that exist.
>
> Really? I can't believe so. If I understood correctly,
> Santiago's main concern was to provide smooth upgrading
> from potato to woody for a user.
Er... not we, sorry.
"I am not talking about a user".
Santiago's been talking about a user, I'm now talking about
Debian infrastructure, and packaging system.
> > I do not
> > propose to make tetex-bin to depend on texi2html forever, I just
> > propose doing so for woody. After woody the dependency may be dropped.
>
> this is woody specific problem. If this is a _general_ issue
> as you think, how this can be woody specific?
Er... this is a woody specific problem in that this is a specific
problen in Debian packaging, dpkg nature.
The fundamental problem is that
dpkg does not allow package contents to be split out.
We only have the package name (tetex-bin) to depend upon,
not the binary name (usr/bin/texi2html)
regards,
junichi
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