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libsignon-glib package

  1. Bug #1916250
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1916250

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote : Re: gir1.2-signon-2.0 needs to declare replace on older releases (Groovy2Hirsute)

Thank you for your comment, Robie.

I agree about Conflicts most likely not being required here. I felt it was conservative to add so as not to introduce a regression if both packages are installed. After some further looking into it, a regression is unlikely. The file in question is identical in both packages, unchanged upstream for 8 years, so it's safe to "overwrite" with the "newer" version: https://gitlab.com/accounts-sso/libsignon-glib/-/tree/master/pygobject So, in the end, the conservative thing to do is to allow anyone with the need to install both packages at the same time and do a Replaces only.

About the versioning, I also agree that in general it is a good idea to be more permissive and limit restrictions by versioning them. In this case, in essence the package name is already the versioning.

Bottom line: Can you drop the Conflicts line in the patch but otherwise upload as proposed here?