• Bug#265892: Downgrading RC bugs is not a solution

    From Adrian Bunk@1:229/2 to All on Sun Aug 15 21:00:07 2004
    From: [email protected]

    severity 265892 grave
    thanks

    From the mail that downgraded this bug:

    <-- snip -->

    this is all because kdelibs-bin, kdelibs4, kdelibs-data do
    "Replace: korganizer (<< 4:3.3.0)" but don't conflict with it.

    (which it may be justified, since using the corresponding Conflicts
    line would prevent anyone from using the uploaded KDE 3.3 parts until
    kdepim 3.3 gets available, which will take a while since it requires
    NEW processing. and kdepim 3.2.3 was uploaded on Aug 3rd, so many
    people won't see this problem).

    as for the solution, I recommend the following to anyone reading this:

    # dpkg --force-overwrite -i korganizer_3.2.3-1_i386.deb
    # apt-get install --reinstall kdelibs-bin kdelibs4 kdelibs-data

    thanks all for your patience,

    <-- snip -->


    If this is a bug in kdelibs-bin, kdelibs4 and kdelibs-data, RC bugs
    should be filed against them.

    "--force-overwrite" is not a solution, not even a workaround - it's only
    a justification for a RC bug.

    If the KDE 3.3 in unstable is currently partly broken, a Conflicts
    preventing an upgrade is definitely better than a failure during
    installation.


    cu
    Adrian

    BTW: I'm not subscribed to debian-release.

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  • From Adeodato =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sim=F3?=@1:229/2 to All on Sun Aug 15 21:20:06 2004
    From: [email protected]

    * Adrian Bunk [Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:41:34 +0200]:
    severity 265892 grave
    thanks

    I merged three bugs and adjusted severities to the minor of all them.
    Could have chosen the higher of them.

    Anyway, I'm not playing your ping-pong game over the [email protected]
    table.

    have a nice day,

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