Bug#684208: libconfig-model-perl: do not remove versioned depends on essential packages

[Dominique Dumont]

Le Thursday 16 August 2012 00:01:58, gregor herrmann a écrit :
> > > Another possibility is to go forward with the cleanup logic: completely
> > > remove  a dependency on an essential package if the required version
> > > is found on all supported version.
> 
> Ack, in general that seems like the correct solution ...
> 
> > AFAICT that would work too for Debian, but it might "break" Ubuntu (see
> > slightly related #659795).
> 
> ... but this is or was (?) a special case for Ubuntu.
> 
> Maybe someone knows if it's still needed in Ubuntu?

Given the lack of response, I'm shooting for the "correct solution" above. 

But, fixing this is more challenging than I anticipated: I need to modify the 
way the deps are handled in C::M::Debian::Dependency. So don't hold your 
breath.

All the best

Dominique
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 836 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part.
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-perl-maintainers/attachments/20120829/92b4956d/attachment.pgp>