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Bug#1114890: mono: Use transitional packages instead of provides/breaks...

From Antoine Le Gonidec <vv221@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject Bug#1114890: mono: Use transitional packages instead of provides/breaks...
Date 2025-09-11 22:20 +0200
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Le Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 05:46:56PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt a écrit :
> No longer building the binary package doesn't necessarily cause its
> removal from unstable:
> 
> libmono-corlib4.5-cil | 6.12.0.199+ds-4            | unstable     | all
> libmono-corlib4.5-cil | 6.14.1+ds-2                | unstable     | all
> 
> It's likely not getting automatically cleaned up because dak thinks
> that lots of packages depend on it. If those dependencies can in fact
> be fulfilled by a virtual package in all cases, then you will need to
> file an ftp.debian.org RM bug, and will likely want to explain the
> situation in order to assist the team member processing it.

Thanks for the explanation and the suggestion, I am going to request
this removal in the coming days, when I have a bit of time to learn
about the formal process (until now I thought RM bugs were only for
source packages).

The new package mono-libraries does indeed fulfill everything that
libmono-corlib4.5-cil used to provide, as it is actually that same
package under a new name.

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Bug#1114890: mono: Use transitional packages instead of provides/breaks... Antoine Le Gonidec <vv221@debian.org> - 2025-09-11 15:50 +0200
  Bug#1114890: Bug#1114810: Bug#1114890: mono: Use transitional packages instead of provides/breaks... "Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> - 2025-09-11 18:50 +0200
    Bug#1114890: mono: Use transitional packages instead of provides/breaks... Antoine Le Gonidec <vv221@debian.org> - 2025-09-11 22:20 +0200

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