Bug#857596: steam: Ships same files as Valve's official packages with different package name

Michael Gilbert mgilbert at debian.org
Sun Mar 19 18:23:33 UTC 2017


On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> 1. Valve releases a new version, let's say 1.0.0.55.
> 2. The next day, a user decides to install Steam from Valve's website
> since Debian doesn't have the new version yet (or whatever reason).
> 3. Eventually, Debian testing does get 1.0.0.55-1 which is newer than
> Valve's version. Suddenly, the user's Steam Controller won't work any
> more because the udev rules are no longer installed.

They should Breaks both steam and steam-devices, that way if the user
really wanted to switch to Valve's they avert this weird leap
frogging.

Best wishes,
Mike



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