Re: Bug#368055: debian-policy: Add a section about 'transitional packages'

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Christoph Haas <haas@debian.org> wrote:

>  This is done by removing all files from the package B and setting
>  the dependencies as follows:
>
>  A:
>
>  Replaces: B
>  Conflicts: B
>
>  B:
>
>  Depends: A
>  Description: Transitional package for A
>   This is a transitional package which ensures users of B will use
>   A in the future. It can safely be removed.

How can that work?  If B Depends: A, but A Conflicts: B, won't they just
refuse to be upgraded?  I think A needs to declare 
Conflicts: B ( <= $last_nontransitional_version ). 

Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
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