[arch-dev-public] Automating package conflict resolution whenever possible (xorgproto/libxfont dependency conflict)

[Alad Wenter]

> Baptiste Jonglez <baptiste at bitsofnetworks.org> hat am 14. Februar 2018 um 10:19 geschrieben:
>
> Quite frankly, the packaging issue itself is minor, I was just surprised
> of the way it was handled: spending time to close several bug reports
> about the issue and telling people that they are stupid [2], instead of just
> fixing the issue in the first place.  It goes against (my idea of) common
> sense.
> 
I was initially surprised by the force of the reaction you linked, but then saw this was a response to the *eleventh* request. That makes it a natural response to people being relentlessly obnoxious.

About the package itself, I agree that if libxfont2 were an *actual* replacement of libxfont, then the corresponding field should be filled in. According to upstream [3], the API/ABI is however entirely different, with according .so names. As such, you'd make use of packages the rely on the old API impossible solely for a short-term convenience.

Alad