Re: xmms-vorbis install problems on woody
On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 05:41:04PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > * Added libogg0-dev and libvorbis0-dev to Build-Depends: because of the
> > > new plugin. Added Conflicts: and Replaces: on xmms-vorbis, too.
>
> I think it would have been nice if "the new plugin" were specified. Maybe:
>
> * New upstream input plugin: Ogg Vorbis. Added libogg...
>
> or
>
> * The Ogg Vorbis input plugin has been merged into xmms upstream. Added
> libogg...
>
> this would make it clear what functionality had been added upstream, and why
> the new xmms replaces xmms-vorbis.
Actually the desctiption should include mention of Ogg Vorbis. I've already
been told about that, too.
> > > My opinion is that the message:
> > >
> > > "xmms-vorbis: Depends: xmms but it is not going to be installed"
> > >
> > > is plain stupid. I don't know what it might be meant to say, and I'm
> > > trying very hard to understand it's meaning.
> >
> > It means "xmms-vorbis depends on xmms to get installed, but xmms won't get
> > installed". The problem is that it doesn't tell you the reason for the
> > latter.
>
> It makes no sense to say that a package won't be installed because an
> already-installed package "is not going to be installed". How about
> "xmms-vorbis: is obsoleted by xmms"? This is still a bug in apt.
Take it up with the maintainer, I can't help. :)
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