Re: [Cooker] Broken dependencies

[Guillaume Rousse]

Gustavo Niemeyer wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I'm researching about migration from Conectiva Linux to the
> future Mandriva Linux 2006, and I've got several problems
> regarding broken dependencies on packages currently in Cooker
> (main/contrib). Is there any standard procedure to catch those
> problems and fix them eventually?
The official catch procedure is: run some old half broken script turn weekly

The official fix procedure is: cry/scream after warly.

A full resume of the current QA reports is available from 
http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/PackagingReports

>  Also, is there any mechanism
> to avoid breaking relations (or at least warn the packager)
> when a new package which will break something is submitted?
Nothing yet. And I doubt the state of the upload script is susceptible 
to add such mechanism quickly.

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