Re: Upgrading to Debian 2.1

[Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>]

On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 02:24:46PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@feedback.net.ar> wrote:
> >
> > Package: nfs-server
> > Implied-by: netbase (< x.x)
> 
> >  This header would only be used by package selection UIs (like apt).
> 
> You can get the same info out of the Replaces header.

We need a few improvements:

- A way to tell dselect (or apt's UI) that a package B_y is just a new version 
  of an old package A_x. dselect should upgrade from A_x to B_y automatically,
  as it would do from A_x to A_x+1, without the user having to select B
  for install and A for purge.
  
- (This is just an extension of the previous idea). A way to tell dselect
  that an old package A_x has been splitted in several, B_y, C_z, ...
  dselect should upgrade from A_x to B_y, C_z, ... automatically. That
  means it should remove A_x and install B_y, C_z, ... (all of them)
  without the user having to select B, C, ... That way all the functionality
  of the previous package A remains after the upgrade (no surprise).
  After the upgrade, the user will be able to remove C_z or B_y if he 
  wants.
 
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Enrique Zanardi					   ezanardi@ull.es