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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: conflicts between Debian's and upstream's Debian package
From:       Geert Stappers <stappers () stappers ! nl>
Date:       2015-02-20 15:16:09
Message-ID: 20150220151609.GC23383 () gpm ! stappers ! nl
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On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 03:25:32PM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> 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 for troubles.

Yes.


> 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.

Feel free to write such policy and then make the next step
to get an agreement with involved repository builders.
Yes, I mean the all people that think that their package (name)
in their repository is the right one.

Another, and better, ways are
* work on the same package, use it in several repositories.
* work on the same repository.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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