Bug#1106348: bookworm-pu: package mono/6.8.0.105+dfsg-3.3+deb12u1
Control: tag -1 confirmed
On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 02:25:38PM +0200, Antoine Le Gonidec wrote:
> Control: tag -1 - moreinfo
>
> > Does/did the contents of the archive in mono-source differ substantially
> > from the source pakage mono in Debian? Or to put it another way, why would
> > a user install mono-source instead of just doing `apt source mono`?
>
> It should not differ in any significant way, and there was no reason for users
> to install it. It was supposed to be used as a build-dependency by another
> package, but this other package never spawned into existence.
>
> > I ask because removal from stable will not remove the package from user
> > systems, and it then be out of date if mono is updated in future. I'm just
> > wondering if we can handle that any better.
>
> Do you think I should tweak some other package built from src:mono to force the
> removal of mono-source on upgrade? Or maybe turn it into an empty dummy package
> with a description explaining how to get the source through `apt source mono`?
>
> I could do that, but I think it would be a bit overkill here. I don’t think
> anyone ever installed mono-source but by mistake.
Agreed, please go ahead with your original proposal.
Thanks,
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Jonathan Wiltshire jmw@debian.org
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