Re: auto-removal and alternative dependencies

[Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro>]

On 08/12/16 13:22, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> On 08/12/16 13:02, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>> I have two packages that depend on: nagios3 | icinga
>>
>> nagios3 is being removed[1], but icinga[2] is still available, so why
>> can't my packages continue to list nagios3 as a possible dependency for
>> the convenience of those people who continue to use it?
> 
> I would need to check the code, but the auto-remover probably checks the first
> dependency and ignores the rest (just like e.g. wanna-build and britney). So you
> could just swap them and make that: icinga | nagios3.
> 

OK, I will swap them in the next upload

I try to backport things and it would help me minimize the workload if
cases like this were tolerated in sid and testing.

Regards,

Daniel