Bug#816515: Disallow (< ...) and (> ...) package relations

[Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 02:03:07PM +0000, Paul Tagliamonte wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Severity: normal
> thanks
> 
> For a while now, the (< ..) and (> ...) Dependency relation has been
> discouraged, and not allowed for new packages, since it's confusing (it
> actually means <= and >= not >> and <<).
> 
> 
> There are only two packages left with this in their source entry. I've
> filed two bugs on it, since it's easy to fix.
> 
> 
> Once they're fixed, would it be wise to adjust Policy to disallow this
> globally?

Policy disallows them already.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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