Bug#384857: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#384857: ntp: transition packages needed; ntp-simple removes ntp user on purge

[Julien BLACHE]

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e at gmx.net> wrote:

> Also note that you are exercising unstable-to-unstable upgrades, which 
> may have less robust upgrade support (in particular if some of the 

Ah, because unstable-to-unstable updates aren't properly supported
anymore ? I'm sorry, I didn't get the memo so that's news to me.

Where's the problem in supplying transition packages for the packages
you are removing, so as to provide a clean upgrade path ?

JB.

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