Bug#754961: gnome-shell: impossible version for gnome-shell required

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 16/07/14 13:28, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.8.4-8.1
> Severity: normal
> 
> unstable upgrade was stalled as:
> 
> gnome-shell-common                            3.8.4-8.1      3.12.2-3
> I have 3.8.4-8.1 installed and unstable now has: 3.12.2-3
> 
> gnome-shell-common will not be upgraded to version 3.12.2-3, to avoid
> breaking ▒ the following dependencies:   
> gnome-shell-common replaces gnome-shell (< 3.2.1-6) [UNAVAILABLE]
> 
> ================
> I see very similar breakage with gnome-session.
> gnome-session-common                          3.8.4-4        3.12.1-3
> 
> gnome-session-common will not be upgraded to version 3.12.1-3, to avoid        ▒
> breaking the following dependencies:                                           ▒
>                                                                                ▒
>                                                                                ▒
>   * gnome-session-common replaces gnome-session (< 3.0) [UNAVAILABLE]          ▒
>   * gnome-session-common replaces gnome-session-bin (< 3.0) [UNAVAILABLE]      ▒
>   * gnome-session-common replaces libgnomevfs2-common (< 1:2.24.0-3)           ▒
>     [UNAVAILABLE]                          
> 
> Is this problem with APT or replaces with this version was bad idea?

That seems like a red herring. The problem probably was that not all packages
had been uploaded / built yet. Is this still happening?

Emilio