Bug#428432: Does 'x11-common' need to conflict with package 'xv' when etch or sarge does not provide 'xv'?
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 09:40:34 -0700, Jeremy Brand wrote:
> Package: x11-common
> Version: 1:7.1.0-16
>
>
> IIRC 'xv' has been gone from debian since woody, or maybe even
> potato. In general, I think it would be nice if
> dependencies/conflicts were related only to stable and oldstable.
Why?
> Someone upgrading from potato, should probably upgrade to woody
> before upgrading to sarge and to etch, for example.
>
Nothing forces removal of obsolete packages on upgrades, so people might
have upgraded to sarge and still have xv installed.
I don't understand why you think there's a bug here.
Cheers,
Julien
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