[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Re: GNUstep library transition

[Hubert Chan]

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:39:34 -0800, Steve Langasek said:

> Just for reference, can you explain what it is that prevents the
> library versions from being co-installable?  I would expect a
> mass-rebuild anyway, but it sends up warning flags for me to hear that
> partial upgrades won't work. :)

I just double checked -- even though it might be possible to have both
old and new versions of libgnustep-base and libgnustep-gui, the old
version of gnustep-back cannot be installed at the same time as the new
gnustep-make, since gnustep-back tries to put files in
/usr/lib/GNUstep/.../Fonts and .../Documentation, which are now symlinks
in gnustep-make, and so they conflict.  Since libgnustep-gui is pretty
much useless without gnustep-back, I don't think there's any point to
trying to fix the dependencies to make the libraries co-installable.

>> At least two of the packages that I know of are involved in the other
>> transitions: pdfkit.framework (C++), and cynthiune.app (C++, flac).
>> The updated pdfkit.framework for libstdc++6 is already in testing, as
>> is the updated cynthiune.app for libstdc++6 and libflac7.  I don't
>> know of any other packages that are involved in any of the other
>> transitions.

> Sounds good.

I checked all the GNUstep packages (or at least all the packages that
"apt-cache search gnustep" found), and AFAICT, there are no other
packages that are part of any other current library transitions.  Since
pdfkit.framework and cynthiune.app are already in testing, does this
mean we can go forward with uploading our new packages to sid?

Thanks

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