Re: texinfo/info packages and TeX live

[Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch>]

Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:

> Frank, what do you think? It is true that normally NMUs are like this.
> BUt on the other hand, I cannot adopt texinfo (I am not a DD), 

You can adopt it just as you can be maintainer of a newly created
package. 

>> Oh, I forgot something:  Since you take over files from tetex-bin_2.0.2,
>> you have to indicate this in the control fields.
>
> Frank, can you give me a quick explanation how this is done?

You should be able to find this out yourself, indeed Replaces is the
keyword, it's explained in the Policy as far as necessary - just keep an
eye on versions ;-)

Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer