Re: Proposing the retirement of default-mysql-* metapackages for Forky

В Sat, 16 May 2026 12:10:59 +0800, Otto Kekäläinen написа:

> Let me know if you see any concrete blockers for your packages.

I replaced default-libmysqlclient-dev with libmariadb-dev-compat in B-D
for one of my packages and also added separate autopkgtests to test its
MySQL backend with both MariaDB and MySQL.  However, lintian considers
mysql-server an obsolete package and complains with a warning:

W: gnustep-sqlclient source: testsuite-depends-on-obsolete-package Depends: mysql-server => default-mysql-server
N:
N:   The testsuite depends on a package that has been superseded. If the
N:   superseded package is part of an ORed group, it should not be the first
N:   package in the group.
N:
N:   Visibility: warning
N:   Show-Always: no
N:   Check: testsuite

Please consider patching lintian to avoid such warnings, perhaps even
reversing these checks to assist your migration plan.  Thanks!