[debian-mysql] [MBF] mysql meta-packages

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 27/11/16 12:26, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> On 26/11/16 20:27, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
>> Ok, I found the command 'build-rdeps libmysqlclient-dev' and I am
>> using it instead to file bugs against source packages only.
> 
> Thank you Otto. It would be nice to add a usertag to those bugs, e.g.
> 
> user pkg-mysql-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org
> usertag NNN default-libmysqlclient
> 
> so that we get a nice report page to track progress.
> 
> BTW packages that (build-)depend on mysql-client/server also need to switch
> those dependencies, right? Maybe we need bugs for those as well (or the current
> bugs need to mention that).

See e.g.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845169#10

We should file bugs for those cases, at least for the build-dependencies (there
are very few cases according to
https://lintian.debian.org/tags/build-depends-on-obsolete-package.html )

Cheers,
Emilio