Re: Is there a concept of related packages migration between unstable and testing that can be used for KDE Plasma?
On Thu, Nov 02, 2023 at 02:53:02AM -0400, Shmerl wrote:
> Can maintainers set a group of packages as required to be migrated at the
> same time for consistency?
Yes, by setting versioned dependencies.
> KDE Plasma in particular is versioning a bunch of related packages as a
> group (versions 5.27.8, 5.27.9, etc.).
>
> But I noticed that they migrate from unstable to testing in chunks, some
> earlier some later due to various hiccups for some of them.
>
> That can create an inconsistent mix for users of testing who upgrade that
> without noticing.
If this causes incompatible package sets, versioned deps should be added.
But I guess "an inconsistent mix" may mean something else?
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