On Sun, 2025-06-15 at 19:48 +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:28:01 +1200 Andrew Ruthven <andrew@etc.gen.nz>
> > request-tracker4 and extensions targetting RT4 won't be in trixie. They
> > are
> > replaced by request-tracker5. Can we please include words like the below
> > in the
> > "Noteworthy obsolete packages" section:
> >
> > request-tracker4 has been removed from trixie. Its replacement is
> > request-tracker5.
>
> Is there a reason that request-tracker4 was not made a transiitional
> package depending on request-tracker5?
> (if the answer is that something is incompatible, we should say what
> and, ideally, link to how to migrate data etc)
It isn't as simple as making a transitional package. If there are
customisations then they will need to be ported over. Upgrade instructions
are in the request-tracker5 package, and the description notes that it can
be installed simultaneously with request-tracker4.
But we could add
something like "Instructions on how to upgrade are in the request-tracker5
package, which can be installed simultaneously."
cool. i would read "simultaneously" as meaning that people should upgrade to trixie, but keep the release-tracker4 from bookworm installed, install r-t5, do the conversion and then remove r-t4, as opposed to doing the conversion in bookworm