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Re: apt-howto's package



Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org> writes:

> > Unless you see definitive value in having an easy way to install all
> > translations (I don't), you should state in the description that the
> > package is only there for the purpose of upgrading, can be safely
> > uninstalled, and will go away somewhen in the future. Like, say,
> > perl-5.005.
> that wouldn't be needed as the package has never been in stable, am
> I wrong?

I don't know if it is mandated, but providing a nice upgrade path to
people running unstable or testing will raise your karma.

You should probably prevent your transition package from going into
stable, though.

-- 
Robbe

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