I followed the same path and dist-upgraded all the way to yakkety and saw no errors with the package in proposed. I'm not sure, though, if that really qualifies as a v-d-y, given that I didn't reproduce the original issue in that path.
# apt policy libsane libsane-common libsane: Installed: 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 Candidate: 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 Version table: *** 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages libsane-common: Installed: 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 Candidate: 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 Version table: *** 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.10.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
I followed the same path and dist-upgraded all the way to yakkety and saw no errors with the package in proposed. I'm not sure, though, if that really qualifies as a v-d-y, given that I didn't reproduce the original issue in that path.
# apt policy libsane libsane-common git20150528- 1ubuntu2. 16.10.1 git20150528- 1ubuntu2. 16.10.1 git20150528- 1ubuntu2. 16.10.1 500 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu yakkety- proposed/ main amd64 Packages dpkg/status 0.25+git2015052 8-1ubuntu2 500 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages git20150528- 1ubuntu2. 16.10.1 git20150528- 1ubuntu2. 16.10.1 git20150528- 1ubuntu2. 16.10.1 500 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu yakkety- proposed/ main amd64 Packages dpkg/status 0.25+git2015052 8-1ubuntu2 500 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
libsane:
Installed: 1.0.25+
Candidate: 1.0.25+
Version table:
*** 1.0.25+
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
1.
500 http://
libsane-common:
Installed: 1.0.25+
Candidate: 1.0.25+
Version table:
*** 1.0.25+
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
1.
500 http://