Re: r-bioc-biocinstaller (Was: r-base breaks 9 autopkgtests)
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 11:12:23AM +0200, Graham Inggs wrote:
> Hi Dylan
>
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 09:45, Dylan Aïssi <daissi@debian.org> wrote:
> > As a user of r-bioc-biocinstaller, I would be happy if an upgrade
> > automatically install r-cran-biocmanager to replace
> > r-bioc-biocinstaller.
Exactly this was my motivation to add the Provides. Its not that
any file needs to be provided - but the functionality.
> > But, if it is not the case this would not be a
> > big deal.
>
> OK, then if src:r-cran-biocmanager ships an empty r-bioc-biocinstaller
> transitional package,
That's "Provides".
> then we should not ask Dirk to add Breaks:
> r-bioc-biocinstaller to r-base. Take note that the version of
> r-cran-biocmanager (1.30.4) is lower than r-bioc-biocinstaller
> (1.32.1), so you would need to adjust the version of the
> r-bioc-biocinstaller binary package in debian/control file to make
> sure it is higher (this is possible, and other packages do use this
> technique).
> Graham
In the current situation I do not see any need to ask Dirk for anything.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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