Bug#545802: libjgrapht0.6-java-link: Unusual name for a default package

Steffen Moeller steffen_moeller at gmx.de
Thu Sep 10 11:27:57 UTC 2009


Hello,

Torsten Werner wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Guillem Jover<guillem at debian.org> wrote:
>> This package has a non-conventional name for a default package, the
>> -link postfix is a bit confusing. Could you rename it to libjgrapht-java
>> instead? Or is there a problem with using that one?
> 
> yes, both such packages are just bloat. Why not moving the unversioned
> symlink and the unversioned Provides field to the versioned
> libjgrapht0.6-java package?

Because in that case we cannot install libjgrapht0.6-java and libjgrapht0.7-java at the
same time.

> BTW, who files the removal request against the now obsolete
> libjgrapht-java source package?

I have never done that before and need to read about it first. I should have set the
"Replaces" tag. Feel free to amend the branch0.6 in the pkg-java repository any time, please.

Steffen





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