Bug#1064889: libproxy: should have transitional packages for the plugins

[Jeremy Bícha]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 12:36 PM Simon McVittie <smcv at debian.org> wrote:
>
> (Sorry, I thought I had sent this earlier.)
>
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 at 08:39:05 -0500, Jeremy Bícha wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 5:33 AM Simon McVittie <smcv at debian.org> wrote:
> > > If that's the case, then we should have transitional packages with those
> > > names that just depend on libproxy1v5 (>= 0.5.3). This serves two purposes:
> >
> > What do you think about adding versioned Breaks/Replaces/Provides
> > instead? That seemed to work when Ubuntu dropped
> > adwaita-icon-theme-full this month.
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> That sometimes works, but sometimes doesn't: it relies on apt being
> able to find a solution that its heuristics see as acceptable. In my
> experience, having real transitional packages has always worked, so it's
> a more robust route.

Yes, your fix is fine for me especially since you've already uploaded.
I wonder if the addition of versioned Provides is making upgrades like
this smoother than they were before.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha