On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 10:18 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
Le mardi 19 février 2008 à 23:35 +0200, Axel Thimm a écrit :
> Usually the kind of packages you describe simply vanish from rawhide -
> e.g. if there is no use for a non-leaf package it is very soon
> removed.
+1
IMHO the most important property of compat packages is not that they
have a devel conterpart or not, but that we clearly tell packagers "this
bit is not to be used and will be removed mid-term". Restricting the
compat naming to link-only packages will only make this removal process
harder, as a lot of stuff will move to packages with no clear EOL
target.
Don't you realize the silliness of such a recommendation?
1. It's easy to circumvent (Simply don't use it)
2. It's technically counterproductive.
compat packages are band aids to help out in cases where "upgrading"
isn't easily applicable. Banning compat-*-devel packages voids this
aspect.
Ralf