Bug#734164: console-data: should conflict with console-setup

[Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg>]

reassign 734164 console-data
retitle 734164 The package doesn't make obvious to the users that it is deprecated in favour of console-setup
thanks

On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 08:38:32AM +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote:
>
> Well, that's long overdue. A way to really get rid of c-d is probably
> to have c-s add Breaks and Provides so that it can smoothly replace
> c-d...but that's a job for console-setup, not console-data, indeed.

I don't agree.  C-s doesn't break console-data, nor does it provide all 
of the functionality of c-d.  C-s can be configured to omit the font 
and/or keymap configuration in which case c-d can do this or c-s can be 
configured to use the fonts and/or keymaps of c-d.

> Some may argue that c-d provides a few very exotic (or obsolete)
> keymaps and maybe console fonts, that console-setup doesn't
> provide.....but the number of affected users is probably very very
> close to zero nowadays.

I agree.  I am not against removing c-d.  What I don't like is to abuse 
'Breaks' and 'Provides' inapropriately.  We must not force our way to 
the users, they have the right to install c-d even if the package is 
removed from the archive.  The number of the affected users may be close 
to zero but it is definitely not zero.

BTW, on my computers I am using packages from old Debian releases that 
are no longer available.

Anton Zinoviev