Bug#484585: libpostproc51: Can't upgrade from Etch to unstable

Christian Marillat marillat at debian.org
Thu Jun 5 13:04:45 UTC 2008


Reinhard Tartler <siretart at tauware.de> writes:

> Christian Marillat <marillat at debian.org> writes:

[...]

>> | Version: 3:20080531-0.1
>> | Replaces: libavcodeccvs51
>> | 
>> | Conflicts: libavcodeccvs51
>> `----
>
> I see. Well, this means that we could probably do the same in the debian
> package then.

Certainly a good idea.

> May I ask you why you decided to go away from the naming
> 'libavcodeccvs51' to 'libavcodec51'? Having your package names introduce

Because users can't install official packages who depends on
'libavcodec51'.

> 'cvs' was a good indication that the package originated from you in
> bugreports.

All my packages contains a 'Bugs:' field so bug report should not go
to the BTS if the bug is done against my packages.

Christian





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