[pkg-lynx-maint] Bug#1001407: lynx: still recommends on transitional package mime-suport

Elimar Riesebieter riesebie at lxtec.de
Fri Dec 10 17:16:21 GMT 2021


* Patrice Duroux <patrice.duroux at gmail.com> [2021-12-09 19:52 +0100]:

> Package: lynx
> Version: 2.9.0dev.10-1
> Severity: minor
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> mime-support is a transitional package since bullseye and this may replaced by
> mailcap or in some specific case by media-types only. I did not check for this
> last case. If needed regarding the targeted distributions, I think it should
> still be possible to use an alternate form like mailcap | mime-support.

[...]

> Versions of packages lynx recommends:
> pn  mime-support  <none>

mime-support depends on both mailcap and media-types. You have to
decide whether it should be purged as other packages depend on it. I
don't really see a bug here?

Elimar
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