Re: New unstable GTK+/GLib packages' names -- seeking advice
>>>>> "James" == James Troup <james@nocrew.org> writes:
James> dpkg doesn't do reverse dependency checking[1]; if I have
James> say foo installed which depends on libgtk1.1 (= 1.1.5-1),
James> it'll happily let me install libgtk1.1 1.1.6-1, silently
James> breaking foo.
James> (1) is the only option. If we limit the number of packages
James> compiled with gtk1.1 (as opposed to gtk1), it won't be that
James> big a deal, IMHO. (Space is not an issue, if it were, we
James> would presumably get rid of iraf, picons, timidity patches
James> or something similar first).
Okay. I will release gtk+1.1.5 and glib1.1.5 source/binary packages
soon.
What should I do about the old gtk+1.1 and glib source packages whose
names don't match the new setup? Should they be removed from the
archives as soon as no more packages are dependant upon them?
Ben
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