Hi again, On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:06:21 +0100 Ricardo Mones <mones@debian.org> wrote: > > Hi and sorry for the late reply, > > On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 18:04:15 -0800 > Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 04:42:59PM +0100, Ricardo Mones wrote: > > > > > If ensuring a smooth transition includes that apt-get > > > upgrade/dist-upgrade does the package switching then as I understand it > > > only a Provides: with the old package name would be required in each > > > new package. That's currently not implemented in current packages. I > > > may be wrong here, though. > > > > A Provides would probably be wrong under the circumstances. > > Then making sylpheed-claws-gtk2-* dummy packages pull the claws-mail ones > in? > > > > > Are the dependencies on sylpheed-claws-gtk2 auto-generated from the > > > > build-dependency somehow, or will they need to each be updated > > > > manually for the transition? > > > > > Generated from the libsylpheed-claws-gtk2-dev/libclaws-mail-dev > > > version in the build-depends. Only this one needs to be manually > > > updated, plugins' dependency is obtained from this one. > > > > Really? That doesn't seem to be the case in the current version of the > > packages; debian/control shows hard-coded dependencies on particular > > package names. > > I'm sorry but reading this again I feel I don't understand which > dependencies are you referring to. Could you provide an example? > > > > Anyway I'd like this dialog to continue after releasing to ensure > > > this a succesful transition, with you or any other RM if you don't > > > have time. > > > > Please let us know when we can be of help to you in this. > > Pointing out the missing bits in current packages relevant for the > transition would be of great help (they have been updated with a new > upstream release). Patches would be even nicer :-) I've updated packages [0] to newest stable version 2.7.2 (i.e.: no new features from 2.7.0, just backported bugfixes from cvs). Etch is 2.6.0. Source package for Claws Mail and Claws Mail extra plugins provides now also transition packages for all sylpheed-claws-gtk2* packages, so migration through upgrade/dist-upgrade should be possible. I'm not sure if you maybe interested in knowing this, though, and even less sure this requalifies for inclusion into Etch, anyway... :) regards, P.S.: Please CC me, I'm not subscribed to debian-release. [0] http://people.debian.org/~mones/claws-mail -- Ricardo Mones http://people.debian.org/~mones «Wagner's music is better than it sounds. -- Mark Twain»
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