Bug#199311: marked as done (debian-policy: notify maintainers before removing dependencies from distrib)
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From: Mark Hedges <hedges@recyclecomputer.com>
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Subject: debian-policy: notify maintainers before removing dependencies from
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Package: debian-policy
Version: unavailable; reported 2003-06-29
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Shouldn't there be a policy to check for packages that
depend on a package BEFORE its removal from the distribution,
and to notify maintainers ahead of time that their packages
will break? Such was the case with the disappearance of
perlapi-5.6.1 in the process of upgrading to perl 5.8.0.
A bunch of packages broke and refuse to install. It seems
like that could have been avoided by notifying the maintainers
ahead of time that a dependency of their packages was going
to disappear, and to give them some time to write fixes.
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Subject: Re: Bug#199311: debian-policy: notify maintainers before removing
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 17:39:25 -0700, Mark Hedges <hedges@recyclecomputer.com> said:
> Package: debian-policy Version: unavailable; reported 2003-06-29
> Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
Renders the policy unuseable? Even if this were a policy
issue, this is gross severity inflation.
> Shouldn't there be a policy to check for packages that depend on a
> package BEFORE its removal from the distribution, and to notify
> maintainers ahead of time that their packages will break? Such was
The Debian technical policy relates to the structure and
contents of the Debian archive and several design issues of the
operating system, as well as technical requirements that each package
must satisfy to be included in the distribution.
This issue does not appear to be a policy issue.
manoj
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