Bug#255122: libbonobo2-0: Breaks evolution

[Jeffrey W. Baker]

On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 16:29, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Le ven, 18/06/2004 =E0 15:55 -0700, Jeffrey W. Baker a =E9crit :
>=20
> > > Have you restarted your computer, or at least run a "bonobo-slay" a=
fter
> > > the libbonobo update ?
> >=20
> > No, and that does seem to fix it.=20
>=20
> Ok, so not really a bug, I would suggest to close it if it's ok for you.

I agree.

> > However I would respectfully suggest
> > that intervention of this sophistication is unlikely to appeal to the
> > average Debian user.
>=20
> The problem is that we don't have solutions to do this in a much proper
> way (that's why I'm suggestion to close it). We can't slay the whole
> bonobo after the upgrade, it would close a lot of stuffs and that's
> worst ...
>=20
> What do you think ?

As the packager, you aren't really responsible for the architectural
defects of the software you are packaging.  Maybe you should just make
it clear to the user.  For example, when you upgrade glibc, you get a
warning about applications which use NSS and which therefore may not
survive the upgrade.  You also get prompted to stop and restart the
affected applications.  This might be a good solution for bonobo (and
gconfd) until the upstream comes up with a reasonable, functioning
system.

Regards,
jwb