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Bug#663918: debian-policy: forbid deprecated relations (<, >)



Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> (14/03/2012):
> Package: debian-policy
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Python 7.1 currently reads:
> | The deprecated forms `<' and `>' were used to mean earlier/later or
> | equal, rather than strictly earlier/later, so they should not appear in
> | new packages (though `dpkg' still supports them).
> 
> I hereby propose to change it from "should not" to "must not".
> 
> There are only 12 packages in the archive still using this confusing
> syntax:
> http://lintian.debian.org/tags/obsolete-relation-form-in-source.html

Seconded, let's get rid of those, it only confuses people anyway.

Mraw,
KiBi.

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