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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: conflicts between Debian's and upstream's Debian package
From:       Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel () aixigo ! de>
Date:       2015-02-20 14:25:32
Message-ID: 54E743DC.8090606 () aixigo ! de
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Hi Daniel,

On 02/20/15 13:09, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> 
> Just to understand your problem: there is a package foo. Debian provides
> it with version 1:A-B and upstream provides some self-compiled packages
> with the same name under version C-D (and C-D < 1:A-B) and you want to
> force apt to install the package from the upstream developers site.

Not exactly: I want to avoid that such a mess happens again.

I think its obvious that a naming conflict should be avoided.
Having 2 source or binary packages with identical names in
2 independent repositories is just asking or troubles.

IMHO there should be a policy for the special case, that
there is a naming conflict between upstream's source or
binary packages, and the packages included in Debian.


Regards
Harri


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