Adopting libapache-mod-jk and libapache2-mod-jk2

[Michael Koch]

On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 11:51:08AM +0200, Wolfgang Baer wrote:
> Michael Koch wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 11:24:47AM +0200, Wolfgang Baer wrote:
> > 
> >>Guus Sliepen wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 09:40:42PM +0200, Wolfgang Baer wrote:
> 
> >>>
> >>>AFAIK there is no Supersedes: option for control files, but I wouldn't
> >>>Conflict, Provide or Replace libapache2-mod-jk2. There is no technical
> >>>reason why the packages couldn't coexist, and since the configuration
> >>>files have a different format you can't just replace jk2 with jk.
> >>
> >>Sure they can coexist - however we want to remove libapache2-mod-jk2
> >>from the archive after mod-jk for apache 2 will be availabe. Therefore
> >>anything which would inform users to change to the new package would
> >>be good ...
> > 
> > 
> > The normal location for this is an entry in the NEWS.Debian file. This
> > is what the policy recommends for this. This file is specially handled by
> > several tools like apt-listchanges and will prompted to the use on
> > install/upgrade once.
> > 
> > Personally I would add a debconf dialog too but that is seen as abuse from
> > many DDs so don't do it.
> 
> Well in the NEWS.Debian file of the mod-jk packages is already an entry.
> But this file won't see any user of the mod-jk2 (libapache2-mod-jk2)
> package.

As said before put this into libapache2-mod-jk:

Conflicts: libapache2-mod-jk2
Replaces: libapache2-mod-jk2

> To upload a new mod-jk2 package with either a debconf message or a NEWS
> entry is something which would mean that we have to keep the mod-jk2
> package in the archive until after etch releases. Otherwise only the
> current etch/sid users would get informed and not the users upgrading
> from sarge to etch (when its released).

With the above plus a NEWS entry in libapache2-mod-jk all will get informed
aptitude dist-upgrade.

> And as said - I would like to remove the mod-jk2 packages from the
> archive.

Just do it.


Greetings,
Michael
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