Bug#322053: [xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#322052: libxml2-python2.3: Dummy package still needed?

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 12:27:51AM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs at computer.org> wrote:
> Package: libxml2-python2.3
> Version: 2.6.20-1
> Priority: wishlist
> 
> This dummy package is present in sarge, etch and sid.  
> As this is a dummy transition-only package (for woody?), is there
> a reason why this package should still exist in the distribution? 
> Notice that we currently only support upgrade paths from stable 
> (currently sarge) to "new stable" (currently etch) and in both 
> these distributions this package is a dummy package. For more 
> information read the Release Notes [1].
> 
> If this package is no longer required, please ask for its removal by
> reassigning this bug to ftp.debian.org or remove the package from
> your control file in your next upload. 

Updated packages for libxml2 and libxslt are ready for upload, and all
has been committed into debian xml/sgml group's svn repository, but some
packages are still depending on these dummy packages, so I won't upload
until they actually switch. I'll file bugs against them some time soon.

Cheers

Mike