Bug#841294: Overrule maintainer of "global" to package a new upstream version
- To: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>, 841294@bugs.debian.org
- Cc: Ron <ron@debian.org>
- Subject: Bug#841294: Overrule maintainer of "global" to package a new upstream version
- From: Margarita Manterola <marga@debian.org>
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 11:32:49 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20161101103249.GA13577@localhost>
- Reply-to: Margarita Manterola <marga@debian.org>, 841294@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <87oa28sv2u.fsf@whist.hands.com>
- References: <20161022041454.GR3269@hex.shelbyville.oz> <m3d1ispf0d.fsf@luffy.cx> <20161023064923.GU3269@hex.shelbyville.oz> <87funn8pog.fsf@luffy.cx> <20161023092319.GX3269@hex.shelbyville.oz> <87zilu3nqi.fsf@xoog.err.no> <20161024174810.GD16186@geta> <20161024191727.GE3269@hex.shelbyville.oz> <87r374syer.fsf@whist.hands.com> <87oa28sv2u.fsf@whist.hands.com>
> Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> writes:
> It seems like you are tempted to drop htags anyway now, so calling the
> version 6 package 'global' and adding the global5 package to give people
> an escape route seems like the right thing to do.
>
> That also makes it much easier to detect when people cling to version 5,
> since there will only be intentional installations of that package.
I second this proposal by Phil. It seems to me that this is the most reasonable
outcome, given the current situation. This means that global gets updated to the
latest version, with a NEWS message stating that htags functionality has been
removed and that users that care about htags should install global5 instead.
Ron, you haven't replied to this proposal yet. Can you state your opinion
regarding this?
Thanks!
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Regards,
Marga
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