On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 01:41:49PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de> writes: > > > Also note that no frontend has ever made use of §7.6.2 and handled > > upgrading obsolete packages to their replacements. > > There's a reason for that: it's not possible to create a Policy-compliant > package that could use 7.6.2 in that fashion. Wait, what? Are you saying that other parts of Policy conflict with §7.6.2? Or are you saying that the Debian tools and infrastructure don't support it? Or something else entirely? -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
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