Bug#546275: Uninstallable plus sync mechanismn broken

[Andreas Barth]

Package: cyrus-sasl2-heimdal
Version: 2.1.23.dfsg1-1
Severity: serious

Hi,

this package is now uninstallable as it depends hard on the same
source version as cyrus-sasl2.

Furthermore, the mechanimns isn't really easy to see and to
understand. If both packages need the same source, why are they not
from the same source package? It is next to impossible for me to see
what I should do to make e.g. libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal happy to
install (apart from changing the source version, which can be done
easily but ... well, conflicts should be there for a reason).

In other words, if there's an ABI needed, please use ABI-markers so
that innocent NMUs don't break them (see e.g. apt with markers like
libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6-4.6), and make it possible to get
cyrus-sasl2-heimdal fixed by binNMUs in case the ABI marker has been
changed.


Cheers,
Andi