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| 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 |
| Message-ID | <zJ1MZ-6Xm-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <zIZLb-5qH-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <zJ0nT-5XO-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <zJ0Hg-653-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <zIRuh-rz-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <zJ0Hg-653-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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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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