libkipi5 replacing libkipi0 (removing digikam!)

[Derek Broughton]

P Kapat wrote:

> On 6/24/08, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> P Kapat wrote:
>>
>>  > Hi,
>>  > A recent update in adept shows that kdegraphics-kde4 and gwenview-kde4
>>  > depend on libkipi5 which conflicts (and replaces) libkipi0. As a
>>  > result of this upgrade (not yet done) it shows that libkipi0, digikam,
>>  > gwenview (among few others) are to be rmoved.
>>  >
>>  > What happened to the concept of KDE3 and KDE4 coexisting harmoniously?
>>  > Here is the sources.list:
>>  >
>>  > deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu hardy main
>>  > deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ hardy free non-free
>>  > deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/project-neon/ubuntu hardy main #Amarok
>>  > Nightly aka Neon
>>  >
>>  > apart from official hardy, hardy-updates, hardy-security's main,
>>  > restricted, universe, and multiverse
>>  >
>>  > Is this because of the Neon repository? I wanted it only for amaroK.
>>
>>
>> use "apt-cache policy" to see what repository is bringing in which
>> packages.
>>
> 
> Thanks Derek. Here are the apt outputs:
> 
> $ apt-cache policy libkipi5
> libkipi5:
>   Installed: (none)
>   Candidate: 4:4.0.83-0ubuntu1~hardy1
>   Version table:
>      4:4.0.83-0ubuntu1~hardy1 0
>         500 http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy/main Packages
> 
> $ apt-cache show libkipi5
> Package: libkipi5
> Source: kdegraphics-kde4
> Priority: extra
> Section: libs
> Installed-Size: 268
> Maintainer: Kubuntu Developers <kubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Architecture: i386
> Version: 4:4.0.83-0ubuntu1~hardy1
> Replaces: libkipi0
> Depends: kde-icons-oxygen, kdebase-runtime, kdebase-runtime-data,
> kdelibs5 (>= 4:4.0.83-0ubuntu1~hardy1~ppa13), libc6 (>= 2.1.3),
> libqtcore4 (>= 4.4.0), libqtgui4 (>= 4.4.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-21)
> Conflicts: libkipi0
> Filename:
> pool/main/k/kdegraphics-kde4/libkipi5_4.0.83-0ubuntu1~hardy1_i386.deb
> 
>>  It's unusual for a libXXX5 library to conflict with a libXXX0 library -
>>  that's precisely why they have different package names - if we really
>>  had to replace a package, we could use the same name.
>>
>>  I can say that _only_ using the official ubuntu sources + medibuntu,
>>  gwenview-kde4 doesn't cause any removal of libraries.
> 
> Well as seen from the above output, the conflicting libkipi5 is to be
> installed from launchpad (as noted on kubuntu.org)
> 
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu
> 
> So, is this expected? Or is it a packaging bug?

I would _hope_ it's a packaging bug.  Remember, kubuntu.org  and
launchpad.net are _not_ official sources.  
-- 
derek