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Bug#4457: popclient conflicts with netstd



> Michael Shields wrote:
> > 
> > > Suggestions:
> > > 
> > > 1) Remove popclient from netstd, or
> > > 2) Update the popclient in netstd and eliminate the separate package.
> > 
> > I had already packaged and uploaded popclient before noticing this.
> > I'm not sure it needs to be in netstd; if we take it out, I can
> > trivially upload another version that Replaces: netstd.
> 
> I'll remove it from the netstd package. There is one open bug report
> against the popclient in netstd. I'll reassign it to the popclient
> package to make sure it won't get lost.
> 
That sounds good...  However, please -DON'T- mark popclient as Replaces: netstd.  As far as I understand, Replaces should only be used when one package completely replaces another's functionality, and I don't thing popclient replaces all of netstd.

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