On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Jakob Gruber <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 06/01/2011 05:26 PM, D. Can Celasun wrote: > >> >> Actually, it is still possible. Here's how it'd work: >> >> - TU changes package name from foo to bar. >> - This automatically triggers an out-of-date notification (and an >> explanation comment) for all packages that depend on foo. >> - Everyone updates their packages to reflect the changes. >> >> Now all votes, comments and even notification lists are preserved without >> doing a single database query. I really don't think it gets more KISS than >> that. >> > > I beg to differ. The way it is right now is way more KISS. > So far, my favorite suggestion is either 1) creating a way to transfer > votes and comments or 2) keeping everything as it is. > Let's just agree to disagree :) Anyway, I plan on implementing the original idea, and I'll post the patch here. If whoever-in-charge-of-AUR considers it useful, it gets merged. Otherwise, people are free to implement their own solutions.
