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Bug#953569:

From Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#953569:
Date 2020-03-11 06:10 +0100
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On Wed 2020-03-11 03:50:00 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> If some of the packages providing a virtual package are explicitly
> installed, and some auto-installed, it could reasonably auto-remove the
> latter group (though I don't think it does).  But if all of them are
> auto-installed, which will be the case for kernel packages, it can't
> tell which should be kept and which removed.

hm, right, i can see how that would be a problem.  thanks for the
explanation.

> But nothing will auto-remove the wireguard package.  So you would have
> to keep it as a transitional package for one release cycle, even when
> it depends on just wireguard-tools.

I don't think it would be a problem to have a transitional package for
one release cycle.  do you?

> Yes, this is annoyingly complicated.  That's why I need there to be a
> plan.

I'm open to any suggestions that you think would work better than what
we've talked about so far.  Let me know what you prefer.

      --dkg

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Bug#953569: linux: please cherry-pick wireguard patches from 5.6 Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> - 2020-03-10 19:10 +0100
  Processed: linux: please cherry-pick wireguard patches from 5.6 "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2020-03-10 19:10 +0100
  Bug#953569:  "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2020-03-11 00:20 +0100
    Bug#953569:  Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-03-11 04:00 +0100
      Bug#953569:  Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@debian.org> - 2020-03-11 04:40 +0100
        Bug#953569:  Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-03-11 05:00 +0100
          Bug#953569:  Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@debian.org> - 2020-03-11 06:10 +0100
            Provides: wireguard-modules and transition plan Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-04-13 17:10 +0200
              Re: Provides: wireguard-modules and transition plan "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2020-04-13 21:40 +0200
      Bug#953569:  "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2020-03-11 05:30 +0100
        Bug#953569:  Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> - 2020-03-11 06:10 +0100
        Bug#953569:  Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-03-21 04:30 +0100
          Bug#953569:  Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-03-21 05:30 +0100
            Bug#953569:  "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2020-03-21 05:40 +0100
              Bug#953569:  "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2020-03-21 07:10 +0100
                Bug#953569:  Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-03-28 06:20 +0100
                Bug#953569:  "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2020-03-28 10:40 +0100
      Bug#953569:  "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2020-03-12 02:10 +0100
        Bug#953569:  Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-03-12 02:40 +0100
      Bug#953569:  "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com> - 2020-03-21 04:10 +0100
  Bug#953569: marked as done (linux: please cherry-pick wireguard  patches from 5.6) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2020-03-30 10:20 +0200

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