Don't d-u for now.
root@imerabox:/home/don# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
amarok audacity chromium chromium-browser chromium-l10n digikam ffmpegthumbs gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg guvcview gxine
kipi-plugins libk3b6-extracodecs libopencv-calib3d2.3 libopencv-contrib2.3 libopencv-features2d2.3
libopencv-highgui2.3 libopencv-legacy2.3 libopencv-objdetect2.3 libxine1-ffmpeg libxine1-plugins libxine1-xvdr
libxine2-all-plugins libxine2-ffmpeg libxine2-plugins libxine2-x showfoto vlc vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
xine-ui
EDIT 30 APR 2012: d-u in North America is now OK.