On Saturday 02 November 2013 11:50:37 bns_robson wrote:
> Package: kdelibs-bin
> Version: 4:4.10.5-1+b1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> nb I've selected severity grave as this bug renders kdelibs4c2a (and
> everything that depends on it) unusable, not because it makes kdelibs-bin
> unusable.
>
> kdelibs4c2a is a part of kde3 and is required by kde3 programs. It was last
> shipped by debian as part of squeeze. Neither the kdelibs-bin in squeeze
> or the kdelibs-bin in wheezy conflicts with kdelibs4c2a. However, the
> current kdelibs-bin in jessie does conflict with kdelibs4c2a which prevents
> the use of kde3 programs on jessie.
>
> I've looked at
> http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/i386/kdelibs-bin/filelist
> http://packages.debian.org/jessie/i386/kdelibs-bin/filelist
> and the conflict appears to have been added as two files
> (/usr/bin/kmailservice and /usr/bin/ktelnetservice) have been introduced
> which already exist in
> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/i386/kdelibs4c2a/filelist
>
> On previous occasions instead of introducing a conflict a '4' was added to
> the filename e.g /usr/bin/kshell4 to avoid a conflict with /usr/bin/kshell
> thereby allowing the continued use of kde3 programs.
>
> I'd like kdelibs-bin in jessie changed so that it uses filenames
> /usr/bin/kmailservice4 and /usr/bin/ktelnetservice4, thereby removing the
> conflict and allowing the use of old kde3 programs on jessie.
Pino has marked this bug as wishlist, but I think it should be simply closed
as invalid. We do not support KDE3 nor it's related apps anymore since a long
time ago.
Having to rename binaries causes more burdens on the maintainer's side,
diverging from upstream for little to no gain.
Kinds regards, Lisandro.
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