Bug#313448: gnome-system-tools: Creates ximian-setup-tools in binary-arch

[Santiago Vila]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Thomas Hood wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 12:27 +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> >> Debian does not support skip upgrades any more.  
> > Says who?
> 
> I am not sure that _not_ supporting something has to be announced
> somewhere.  In any case the lack of support is a fact.  Lots of packages
> will break if upgraded from versions older than the most recent stable
> one.
> 
> Supporting skip upgrades would require a commitment at the project level
> and a considerable amount of effort, both in implementation and in
> testing.  Because this would yield only a minor benefit, it's no
> surprise that the commitment has not been made and the effort not put
> in.

That's not true.

It does not require *any* testing to be sure that upgrades from woody to
etch will *not* work for this package if you remove the dummy package now.

Also, you can't argue that maintaining a dummy package is a complex task.