Bug#246463: should not depend on missing packages
[Andreas Metzler]
> That is a typo, isn't it? s/testing/unstable/
No, it isn't If it build using the packages in unstable, debian-edu
will have problems propagating into testing as its dependencies might
be stuck in unstable.
> Otherwise debian-edu would ethernally continue to block any migration
> to testing, Because the list of packages in testing will never change
> because debian-edu prevents their migration.
Why is there no packages in unstable providing the kmix and kgeo
packages? That would solve the mentioned packages, right?
> What is the status? Are you interested in a NMU? I have got one
> ready:
The status is that I've been very busy, and haven't been able to give
this much thought.
> debian-edu (0.768-0.1) unstable; urgency=high
>
> * NMU
> * Urgency high because it fixes an rc bug.
> * rebuilt debian/control with
> make -f debian/rules TARGET_DIST=unstable debian/control
> to update dependencies. (Closes: #246463)
I do not think this will work, as debian-edu then would get stuck in
unstable because some of the packages it would like to depend on are
not yet in testing.
I suspect a better fix is to add the missing provides to the packages
replacing the removed packages.
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