Bug#1054338: debian-edu-artwork: fails to remove, update-debian-edu-artwork-emerald: not found

Mike Gabriel <[email protected]> Sat, 28 Oct 2023 14:28:43 +0000

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Hi,

On  Mo 23 Okt 2023 09:01:00 CEST, Guido Berhoerster wrote:

> update-debian-edu-artwork is provided by debian-edu-artwork, however
> there is only a weak Recommends dependency of the subpackages
> debian-edu-artwork-emerald on the main package whereas the main package
> has a strong dependency on any of the subpackages.
>
> Adding a Requires on the main package creates a dependency loop which
> would as far as I understand the policy manual be broken arbitrarily, so
> it doesn't seem to be a good solution.
>
> The most simple fix I can think of would be to copy the script into each
> subpackage instead of symlinking it, that way we don't have to maintain
> multiple copies.

I like this approach for the d-e-a version that we want to bring to  
bookworm as it does not require changing the bin:pkg arrangement.

> However I'm wondering why the package is set up the way it is, couldn't
> we rename debian-edu-artwork to debian-edu-artwork-common, make the
> theme subpackages require that and turn debian-edu-artwork into a
> virtual package provided by each theme subpackage?

This we should revisit for d-e-a in Debian Edu trixie. Please file an  
extra bug for this.

Mike
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