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Re:Molinillo: a dependency resolution algorithm by petroseskinder on Friday September 29, 2017 @09:55PM (#15370751)
That's fair. Whenever I think of dependencies, I imagine conflicts are fair game.
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Re:Molinillo: a dependency resolution algorithm by qznc on Saturday September 30, 2017 @01:57AM (#15371469)
Why? In Debian conflicts are usually only used to remove obsolete software from old releases.

Conflicts between packages which are both maintained should not happen. If two packages want to provide the same file, Debian can install both and has tooling to switch between them.

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