[Amavisd-new-debian-devel] [adam at adam-barratt.org.uk: Re: transitional package question]

[Harald Jenny]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 01:33:39PM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> On 29 November 2010 06:03, Harald Jenny <harald at a-little-linux-box.at> wrote:
> > it seems like debian-release does not think it's a good idea to provide a
> > transition package from amavisd-new-milter to amavisd-milter, does anybody have
> > some good arguments or should I drop the idea? Btw, currently amavisd-milter
> > only breaks amavisd-new-milter, should I modify this to includes Provides: and
> > Replaces: too?
> 
> I guess the sticking point is that the configuration is not backwards
> compatible.
> 
> It seems like if manual intervention is required to do the upgrade
> anyway, it might be better to be conservative and stick to the
> "safest" route.
> 
> Maybe an empty transitional package without the depends that has a
> news item that says the upgrade must be done manually????

How about adding a Breaks: amavisd-new-milter and a Suggests: amavisd-milter to
amavisd-new and inserting a paragraph into it's NEWS file? This would minimize
the necessary changes to amavisd-new and amavisd-milter package (and yes, with
permission of Alex I would also do this myself ;-) ).

> -- 
> Brian May <brian at microcomaustralia.com.au>

Kind regards and a nice day/night
Harald

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