Duplicate package

[Pau Garcia Quiles]

Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 contain 2 packages with the same software:

- jplayer: Ubuntu-only package, contains an old version (1.2.0). This package has been available since 11.10.
- libjs-jquery-jplayer + jquery-jplayer-bluemonday + jquery-jplayer-pinkflag: the Debian package (which I'm the maintainer of), contains a newer version (2.1.0, to be updated this week due to a security fix). This package was first available in 12.10.

IMHO, jPlayer should be provided with the libjs-jquery-jplayer package and the 'jplayer' package be reduced to a transitional package.

The transition plan would be like this:
- I will add to libjs-jquery-jplayer these fields: "Replaces: jplayer (<< 2.1.0~)" and "Conflicts: jplayer (<< 2.1.0~)" and maintain them at least until Ubuntu 12.04 LTS runs ouf of support.
- You will add to jplayer this field: "Depends: libjs-jquery-jplayer". This package needs to be separately maintained because I will not be providing it in Debian (it is not required in Debian and, furthermore, it violates the Debian archive policy in regards to package naming).

Please tell me what you think

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Hi Pau,

Sorry this wasn't on our radar before. The jplayer package in Ubuntu is now a candidate for removal, due to its build-dependency on mtasc which is being removed from Debian.

Since jplayer has not been uploaded since 2010, and is outdated software, as an Ubuntu archive admin I am going to go ahead and remove this package now. I think you should feel free to add any Conflicts/Replaces you think appropriate to the libjs-jquery-jplayer package.

If someone is interested in re-adding jplayer as a transitional package, they should reference this bug in the upload and I will be happy to evaluate its reinclusion.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Removing packages from disco:
 jplayer 1.2.0-0ubuntu1 in disco
  jplayer 1.2.0-0ubuntu1 in disco amd64
  jplayer 1.2.0-0ubuntu1 in disco arm64
  jplayer 1.2.0-0ubuntu1 in disco armhf
  jplayer 1.2.0-0ubuntu1 in disco i386
  jplayer 1.2.0-0ubuntu1 in disco ppc64el
  jplayer 1.2.0-0ubuntu1 in disco s390x
Comment: Build-depends on obsolete mtasc, duplicates libjs-jquery-jplayer, not uploaded since 2010; LP: #1169456
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