Re: Bug#249085: potato Conflicts/Replaces may prevent future packages

[Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr>]

[ Intentionally not replying to the bug, as it won't be very useful
  there I fear. ]

Tobias Wolter <towo@ydal.de> wrote:

> tetex-extra still replaces and conflicts against packages like
> 'panorama', for example, yet there is no such package since woody and
> seems to have been removed from the archive. Yet, this name might very
> well be used by other new software, seeing that it is rather common, and
> thus removing the conflict and replacement might be advisable.

But this is actually a feature! Protecting the Debian archive against
Yet Another Generic Package Name surely is a good thing. :)

-- 
Florent