Bug#1109056: RFS: xfce4/4.20+nmu1 [NMU] -- Meta-package for the Xfce Lightweight Desktop Environment
On 2025-07-10 19:47:26 +0100, Peter Blackman wrote:
> On 10/07/2025 18:41, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
>
> >
> > Be aware that xfce-polkit is not in trixie so this upload would not be
> > able to migrate to testing the release as it would make xfce4 instantly
> > RC buggy.
> >
>
> Hi Sebastian,
>
> Why would it not migrate (if unblocked)?
> What is the problem here?
> The whole point of
> xfce-polkit | mate-polkit
>
> providing a choice, is that mate-polkit
> can provide the dependency for Trixie,
> if xfce-polkit is not available.
For packages in main, the first alternative of a dependency also needs
to be installable in main (in the same suite). See
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#the-main-archive-area
Hence, an unblock would not be granted.
Cheers
--
Sebastian Ramacher
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