[pkg-go] Bug#824628: golang-metrics-dev and golang-github-rcrowley-go-metrics-dev: error when trying to install together

Mpampis Kostas charkost.rb at gmail.com
Sat Mar 10 16:48:30 UTC 2018


Hello and thanks Andreas for the bug report,

golang-metrics-dev is outdated for 2.5 years and greatly deviates from 
the package naming convention defined by the pkg-go team in 
https://pkg-go.alioth.debian.org/packaging.html
This naming deviation apparently causes this bug to reoccur.

Instead of removing the up-to-date golang-github-rcrowley-go-metrics-dev 
packace which follows the right naming
convention, me and my sponsor suggest the following actions:

* Revise golang-github-rcrowley-go-metrics-dev using Conflicts: 
golang-metrics-dev & Replaces: golang-metrics-dev.
* Open bug report to the 8 reverse dependencies of golang-metrics-dev 
and suggest to depend on golang-github-rcrowley-go-metrics-dev.
* Request removal of golang-metrics-dev from the archive when it has 
zero reverse dependencies.

We can proceed with the above actions if there are no objections or 
other suggestions.

Mpampis



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