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

[Alexander Wirt]

Harald Jenny schrieb am Monday, den 29. November 2010:

> 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 ;-) ).
With the current state of hg you can't without problems because everything is
prepared for amavisd-new 2.7.0. Please prepare a patch and create a bugreport
against amavisd-new. And I have to think if I really want this and if this
creates more problems than we want. 

Alex