[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#568271: qgis: circular dependency hell

[Bill Allombert]

Package: qgis
Version: 1.4.0+12730-1
Severity: important

Hello Debian GIS Project,

qgis source package lead to 3 circular dependencies:

qgis <--> qgis-common,
python-qgis <--> python-qgis-common
qgis-plugin-grass <--> qgis-plugin-grass-common:

qgis 	        :Depends: qgis-common (= 1.4.0+12730-1)
qgis-common 	:Depends: qgis (>= 1.4.0+12730-1)
python-qgis 	:Depends: python-qgis-common (= 1.4.0+12730-1)
python-qgis-common 	:Depends: python-qgis (>= 1.4.0+12730-1)
qgis-plugin-grass 	:Depends: qgis (= 1.4.0+12730-1), qgis-plugin-grass-common (= 1.4.0+12730-1)
qgis-plugin-grass-common:Depends: qgis-plugin-grass (>= 1.4.0+12730-1)

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

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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