[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#433092: Bug#433092: samba: package uninstallable due to unsatisfiable depends

[Christian Perrier]

forcemerge 433092 348079 347321
reassign 433092 ftp.debian.org
retitle 433092 Please remove samba 3.9.1+4.0.0tp1-1 from the archive
thanks

Quoting Jiří Paleček (jpalecek at web.de):
> Package: samba
> Version: 3.9.1+4.0.0tp1-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Samba in experimental depends on libgnutls12, which is not in the Debian  
> archive.
> This makes the package uninstallable.


The above as well as many other reasons, the most important being deep
outdateness, lead us, samba package maintainers to request for the
samba 3.9.1+4.0.0tp1-1 package, currently in experimental, to be
removed from the archive.

After many thoughts, I think we really should refrain from uploading
samba 4 packages as "samba". They really really really should be
uploaded as samba4 as I'm deeply convinced that, at some moment, both
packages will coexist in the archive, both targeted for a
release. This is all what comes from all discussions with upstream on
that topic.

Uploading samba4 in experimental as "samba" also prevents us from
uploading upstream's beta and RC releases to experimental to give them
more exposure.


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