[Openstack-devel] Bug#722507: Bug#722507: python-couleur: circular dependency hell

[Thomas Goirand]

On 09/12/2013 05:02 AM, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Package: python-couleur
> Version: 0.5.0-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Hello OpenStack maintainers,
> 
> There is a circular dependency between python-couleur, python-steadymark and python-sure:
> 
> python-couleur 	:Depends: python-steadymark, python-sure
> python-steadymark 	:Depends: python-sure, python-couleur
> python-sure 	:Depends: python-steadymark
> 
> Complex circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade, so we
> should try to get rid of them.
> 
> Cheers,

Hi,

These are needed, and there's no way to get rid of it. I don't really
understand how this case is complex, and how it would be a problem in
the case of non arch-specific set of package btw: could you explain?

Thomas