On 2016-03-20 at 06:43, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>, 2016-03-18, 15:06: >> Firefox addon packages (xul-ext-*) typically have a Depends on >> iceweasel, sometimes with alternatives for icedove or other >> supported packages that can use the addon. With the switch to >> firefox and firefox-esr, iceweasel has become a transitional >> package depending on firefox-esr. The dependencies of these addon >> packages prevent installing only the firefox package and removing >> firefox-esr and the transitional iceweasel package. > > So let's fix Depends of the transitional package. No MBF is needed. I don't understand how that would help. It would let you install 'firefox-esr | firefox' to satisfy the dependency of xul-ext-foo, but it would not let you remove iceweasel without also removing xul-ext-foo. Now, one thing which seems like it _could_ fix this without requiring a MBF would be for firefox and firefox-esr to acquire 'Provides: iceweasel'. That seems like a misuse of the system to me, however, and a suboptimal solution at best. There is an argument to be made that firefox-esr should Provides: firefox (or that both should Provides: a single virtual package), or something along those lines, to avoid requiring packages to list both alternatives explicitly. I'm not sure that wouldn't have too many downsides to be a good approach, however. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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