Bug#637975: iceape-browser: depends on iceape which conflicts with iceape-browser

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:19:33PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:06:10 +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 09:49:40AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> > > Package: iceape-browser
> > > Version: 2.0.14-6
> > > Severity: grave
> > > 
> > > The traditional iceape-browser package is not installable because iceape
> > > declares an unversioned Conflicts with it.  That very much defeats the
> > > purpose of the traditional package.
> > 
> > Can you explain what your problem is exactly? I tested upgrade paths,
> > and it worked. If you're not upgrading, why do you want to install
> > iceape-browser when the package you want is iceape? If you are
> > upgrading, please paste the error you get from apt. If this is only
> > theoretical from the dependencies of the package, well, that was on
> > purpose ;)
> > 
> Sounds like a silly purpose.  We don't ship uninstallable packages.

Sounds like a purpose for which the documented way in policy is wrong
when checked with reality, sadly.

Mike