Bug#722506: libmoox-types-mooselike-numeric-perl: circular dependency hell

[gregor herrmann]

Control: reassign -1 libmoox-types-mooselike-perl 0.25-1

On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:31:06 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:

> > > There is a circular dependency between libmoox-types-mooselike-numeric-perl,
> > > libmoox-types-mooselike-perl and libmoox-types-setobject-perl:
> > [..]
> > > Complex circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade, so we
> > > should try to get rid of them.
> > 
> > Could you please explain what problems these dependencies cause in
> > practice?
> 
> See
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/06/msg02111.html
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/11/msg01101.html

Mhm.

Ok, I guess we can drop the Depends from libmoox-types-mooselike-perl
on the two split off packages, and fix the reverse depencencies that
need them, which should be only two.
 

Cheers,
gregor

-- 
 .''`.  Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06
 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer  -  http://www.debian.org/
 `. `'  Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe
   `-   NP: Tom Waits: The Piano Has Been Drinking
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 836 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-perl-maintainers/attachments/20130914/d0ccf3f4/attachment.sig>