Bug#473304: libhtml-wikiconverter-perl and friends

[Rene Mayorga]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 09:02:25AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 01:42:55AM -0400, Rene Mayorga wrote:
> 
> 
> >> Either we just admit that the package has changed, and warn about 
> >> that in debian/NEWS.
> >
> >Sounds nice for me, but I also think that we should add the notice in 
> >POD and html2wiki to catch more despite users :).
> 
> Good idea.  Feel free to add patches, and get in touch with upstream 
> suggesting them to adopt those patches.

Actually I missed that html2wiki binary pokes the user about this change
(yes, I was one despite user too :))
So I'm only adding a note to HTML::WikiConverter POD noting this change.
Also I add the debian/NEWS file

> 
> >> Or we make the main package depend on the submodules formerly part of 
> >> the module.
> >
> >Having a dep on all the submodules will came to have a bunch of modules 
> >installed, this also will follow to have the need to add a depend to 
> >every -dialect module that could be added to the archive.
> 
> Not all of them - that's what the virtual package is for.  Just the ones 
> formerly part of the main module.
> 
> And if we choose that apporach, then yes, other users not needing those 
> submodules are forced to install them anyway.  We can drop the 
> dependencies after lenny+1 is released as stable.

Ack, and at this moment this is not a big issue the only packages
available are -wikiconverter-markdown and -wikiconverter-moinmoin
and the -wikiconverter-mediawiki ITP

This will not load too much considering that the previous package
contains this modules and several more

> Alternatively we can rename the main package to -core, replacing it with 
> an empty transitional package hard-depending on -core and the used-to-be 
> submodules.  that would avoid surprises for old users and also support 
> new users uninterested in the added dependencies.  But I believe it 
> would violate Debian Perl Policy (main module is not called -core).

Yes, renaming to -core will conflicts with Debian Perl Policy naming
convention

> I favor a combination of first and second option:
> 
>   1) Document that content of main module has changed
>   2) Have main module recommend formerly included submodules

Just for made this point clear, you suggest a Recommend directly to all
formerly submodules or you suggest keeping the Recommends to the virtual
packages provides but the submodules?

>   3) Drop explicit submodule-recommendations after lenny+1
> 


Cheers.
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