Re: Using GNU's install-info in Debian instead of dpkg's install-info
Ian Z> dpkg is a large and crucially important package, and that means
Ian Z> the maintainers always have something more urgent to do than
Ian Z> fixing i-i. We should move it into the info package and make the
Ian Z> postinstall code conditional on info being installed.
Ian J> There is no particular reason why the people in charge of
Ian J> install-info would have to be blocked by the maintainers of the
Ian J> rest of the dpkg package. Lots of ways of organising this are
Ian J> possible that don't depend on a package split.
This was my hypothesis. That bugs in install-info were not getting
fixed or even responded to is a fact.
Also, even if division of labour is possible without splitting the
package, getting fixes in an actual version in testing will be difficult
due to the special status of dpkg. This one I know from past problems
with alternatives handling.
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