Bug#645438: Please warn about transitional packages with priority >= standard
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.3
Severity: wishlist
Frequently, when packages with priority >= standard change names, both
the new package and the transitional package end up with priority >=
standard. For example, libsasl2 transitioned to libsasl2-2, but the
former remained priority important until bug 416561. host transitioned
to bind9-host, but host still has priority standard (bug 645437).
The transitional package exists only for upgrades, and need not get
installed on new systems, so it can have priority optional or extra
instead. Please consider detecting transitional packages with priority
standard or above, and warning about them.
Thanks,
Josh Triplett
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.21.90.20111004-2
ii bzip2 1.0.5-7
ii diffstat 1.54-1
ii file 5.09-1
ii gettext 0.18.1.1-5
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.25
ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1
ii libdpkg-perl 1.16.1.1
ii libemail-valid-perl 0.185-1
ii libipc-run-perl 0.90-1
ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1
ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1
ii liburi-perl 1.59-1
ii locales 2.13-21
ii man-db 2.6.0.2-2
ii patchutils 0.3.2-1
ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.12.4-6
ii unzip 6.0-5
lintian recommends no packages.
Versions of packages lintian suggests:
ii binutils-multiarch <none>
ii dpkg-dev 1.16.1.1
ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.68-1+b1
ii libtext-template-perl 1.45-2
ii man-db 2.6.0.2-2
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20110809-2
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