[DRE-maint] Bug#808601: ruby-rails: circular dependency hell

[Bill Allombert]

Package: ruby-rails
Version: 2:4.2.5-1
Severity: important

Hello Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers,

There is a circular dependency between ruby-actionmailer, ruby-actionpack, ruby-actionview, ruby-rails, ruby-rails-html-sanitizer, ruby-railties and ruby-sprockets-rails:

ruby-actionmailer 	:Depends: ruby-actionpack (= 2:4.2.5-1), ruby-actionview (= 2:4.2.5-1)
ruby-actionpack 	:Depends: ruby-actionview (= 2:4.2.5-1)
ruby-actionview 	:Depends: ruby-rails-html-sanitizer (<< 2.0), ruby-rails-html-sanitizer (>= 1.0.2)
ruby-rails 	:Depends: ruby-actionmailer (= 2:4.2.5-1), ruby-actionpack (= 2:4.2.5-1), ruby-actionview (= 2:4.2.5-1), ruby-railties (= 2:4.2.5-1), ruby-sprockets-rails (<< 3.0), ruby-sprockets-rails (>= 2.1.3-1~)
ruby-rails-html-sanitizer 	:Depends: ruby-rails
ruby-railties 	:Depends: ruby-actionpack (= 2:4.2.5-1)
ruby-sprockets-rails 	:Depends: ruby-actionpack (>= 2:3.0)

Complex circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade, so we
should try to avoid them.

See threads 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/06/msg02111.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/11/msg01101.html

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe at debian.org>

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