Re: XFree86 hamm -> slink upgrade 'dummy' package
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 12:03:03AM -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> > Branden and I have been discussing the best way to deal with the Great
> > X Package Reorganization and how people using apt to upgrade from hamm
> > to slink will suddenly find that xterm and xdm are gone from their
> > system.
> >
> > The best proposal we have been able to come up with so far is to
> > create an xfree86-hamm-upgrade 'dummy' package that xbase Depends:
> > upon. This dummy package would Depend: on all the new packages that
> > xbase used to provide, so that the upgrade from hamm would go well.
> >
> > In potato, this dummy package will be Provided:, Replaced:, and
> > Conflicted: with potato's xbase.
> >
> > Does this make sense to everyone? Is it the best way to handle the
> > messy upgrade from hamm to slink?
>
> This does sound like a good way to do it...except...
> if someone running slink wants to get rid of xdm or xfs...they will
> hav eto force the depends.
>
> It also means that all new installs will get all of these things.
> However....I don't see any other way to do it (that wont violate the
> principle of least surprize)
Please read the second post from Ben about this subject.
His second proposal is much better than the first one and addresses your
two objections.
Thanks.
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