[pkg-go] Bug#869989: golang-etcd-server-dev: circular dependency hell

[Bill Allombert]

Package: golang-etcd-server-dev
Version: 3.1.8+dfsg-2
Severity: important

Hello Debian Go maintainers,

There is a circular dependency between 
golang-etcd-server-dev, golang-github-spf13-cobra-dev, 
golang-github-spf13-viper-dev and 
golang-github-xordataexchange-crypt-dev:

golang-etcd-server-dev:          Depends: golang-github-spf13-cobra-dev
golang-github-spf13-cobra-dev:   Depends: golang-github-spf13-viper-dev (>= 0.0~git20160605.0.c1ccc37)
golang-github-spf13-viper-dev:   Depends: golang-github-xordataexchange-crypt-dev
golang-github-xordataexchange-crypt-dev	:Depends: golang-etcd-server-dev

Complex circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade, so we
should try to avoid them.

Also there is little point in having four separated -dev packages, if
you have to install them all anyway.

See threads 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/06/msg02111.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/11/msg01101.html

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe at debian.org>

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