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Re: possible conflict over the /usr/bin/ia namespace



On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 09:16:44AM -0400, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
> On 2018-09-25 13:43:42, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > You need to coordinate the transition for the /usr/bin/ia filename.  I
> > think that means your new internet-archive package should probably
> >   Conflict: python-duckduckgo2 (<< version-without-ia~)
> >
> > That can probably be uploaded before the new python-duckduckgo2 but
> > the relevant version number should be agreed.
> 
> Makes sense. How about:
> 
> Conflicts: python-duckduckgo2 (<= 0.242+git20151019-1)
> 
> This way we assume any newer upload of the package will remove ia?

That'd put a requirement on security updates -- and a program that talks to
untrusted remote servers is at risk of requiring such an update.


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