Bug#773149: what to do with x52pro???

[Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>]

Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: unblock

x52pro has been neglected after its initial maintainer upload and a
single NMU in 2011.

 x52pro | 0.1.1-2.1 | wheezy | source
 x52pro | 0.1.1-2.1 | sid    | source

It has no rdepends in either wheezy or sid.

It can be installed and removed in wheezy without problems.
It is uninstallable in sid and therefore has been removed from testing.
(#767675)

But here comes the problem: It cannot be removed from jessie or sid if it
was installed in wheezy and thereafter the system was distupgraded.
(#773147)

This is likely caused by the maintainer script calling udevadm which
seems to have changed behavior ...

I would suggest the following:

* reintroduce the packages libx52pro0 and libx52pro-dev as dummy
  packages into jessie: no files, no scripts (or only empty scripts if
  needed for smooth upgrades - to have the new script succeed after the
  old one failed)
* there will be a clear upgrade path, this ensures the bad old scripts
  are gone and the dummy packages can be removed from jessie without
  problems
* a (new) RC bug will be filed against the (soon to be) crippled
  package in sid to keep it out of stretch

If this seems acceptable, I can prepare the dummy packages and send a
debdiff.


Andreas