Bug#459810: reorder uploading
Package: python-apt
Every few weeks I wonder why I don't get those cheery
apt-listchanges messages any more.
It turns out every few weeks I must have hit RET when all along buried
within the question I was being asked was, e.g.,
The following packages will be REMOVED:
apt-file apt-listchanges libapt-pkg-perl python-apt
The following packages will be upgraded:
apt apt-utils
Yes, I know the correct procedure when greeted with such a message is
to just wait a couple of days before hitting RET.
But now I am starting to wonder, why do packages other than
apt-listchanges seem not so easy to get deleted so often?
Could it be the order in which the dependencies are sent to the
mirrors? Or something about the dependencies themselves.
-o Debug::PkgProblemResolver=True shows
Investigating python-apt
Package python-apt has broken dep on libapt-inst-libc6.6-6-1.1
Considering apt-utils 4 as a solution to python-apt 1
Removing python-apt rather than change libapt-inst-libc6.6-6-1.1
Investigating libapt-pkg-perl
Package libapt-pkg-perl has broken dep on libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6-4.6
Considering apt 10 as a solution to libapt-pkg-perl 1
Removing libapt-pkg-perl rather than change libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6-4.6
Investigating apt-file
Package apt-file has broken dep on libapt-pkg-perl
Considering libapt-pkg-perl 1 as a solution to apt-file 0
Removing apt-file rather than change libapt-pkg-perl
Investigating apt-listchanges
Package apt-listchanges has broken dep on python-apt
Considering python-apt 1 as a solution to apt-listchanges 0
Removing apt-listchanges rather than change python-apt
Anyways, all I know is the order in which you upstream guys push out
your new packages creates a window of a day or two where users are
faced with the above painful decisions.
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