Bug#279459: full transition to libcurl3

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2004-12-09 Domenico Andreoli <cavok@debian.org> wrote:
> i'd like to drop compatibility packages libcurl2 and libcurl2-dev
> from curl. 
[...]
> transition to libcurl3 started months ago and many packages (i think the
> most important ones i.e. openoffice and php4) has been already updated.

> some "minor" ones still need some work. they are (at least):

>   amule            (#279473)
>   apt-spy          (#279472)
>   discover
[...]

> as soon as i upload the new curl package without libcurl2* all these
> will immediately be RC bugs.

> i would take care of correct bug reporting and delayed NMUs in case
> maintainer did not upload fixed packages within a week or so.
[...]

Wouldn't it be a lot more sensible to do this *before* uploading the
new curl package without libcurl2*?
                cu andreas
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