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

[Harald Jenny]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 09:30:07AM +0100, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> 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. 

One dumb question: As the amavisd-new-milter package in Lenny depends on the
amavisd-new version in Lenny apt will remove amavisd-new-milter during a
dist-upgrade, correct?

> 
> Alex

Kind regards
Harald