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Bug#240665: [PROPOSAL] require depending on split-off packages



Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.6.1.0
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

we had some discussion the last days about whether a package must depend
on a split-off package.

I herby propose to add a section 7.5.3 to the policy with the words:

7.5.3 Moving files or functionality to another package

If some functionality is moved from one package to another (also at
splitting off a package), the first one must depend on the second for
the time of at least one stable release. By this, no functionality is
removed on dist-upgrade.



Cheers,
Andi
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