[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs cups

[Philip Brown]

In the spirit of getting old "stalled" packages moving, I'm revisiting
cups as well :)

I'm putting my reply back on the pkgsubmissions list, because this
reply is not about general policy, but about an issue quite specific
to libcups.


To give a BRIEF recap, my primary concern was over the potential
conflicts in the future, between the existing packages

libcups-1.4.4-xxxxxx
libcups2-1.4.4-xxxxx


and what will happen in the future when "cups" finally reached version 2.
My concern was that we might potentially have need of an older
'libcups' package, and a newer
"libcups2" package, to allow the newer version to also exist.
except we already have a ''libcups2" package for the specific shared
library package.

Now that I looked at the package set with a fresh head, I realized
that the "libcups" is marked as a "transitional" package. it's not
supposed to be promoted indefinately. So even if cups reached version
2, we would not create a newer version of it.
Therefore, I dont see a potential for conflict any more.
Therefore, I shall release the package set. hopefully today.