On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Lukas Fleischer <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 04:47:16PM +0300, Evangelos Foutras wrote: > > On 1 June 2011 16:04, D. Can Celasun <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Daenyth Blank <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 05:32, Alexander Rødseth <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> > I like both the idea of it being possible to change the names of > > >> > packages and the patch. > > >> > But, what about dependencies? Should they be left dangling? > > >> > > > >> > - Alexander Rødseth > > >> > > > >> > > >> This patch leaves the pkgname in the PKGBUILD as the old name. > > >> Probably not an issue, but the maintainer would have to submit an > > >> updated PKGBUILD after the name change. > > >> > > > > > > > > > Yeah I thought about that, but when the package name goes from "foo" to > > > "bar", the maintainer might want to add replaces=("foo") etc. So it's > > > probably best to leave it up to the maintainer. > > > > An idea I wouldn't mind seeing implemented is the ability to transfer > > the votes and comments to another package when deleting the old > > package. > > > > For example, suppose the "foo" package gets a new name, say "bar". > > > > - Its maintainer uploads a new "bar" package with provides=('foo') and > > conflicts=('foo'). Then, they request the old package to be removed > > and at the same time mention the name of the new package. > > - A TU puts the name (or ID?) of the new package in a box next to the > > delete check box and proceeds to delete it. The votes and comments get > > reassigned to the new package. > > +1. If this will ever be implemented, it'll probably work that way. > Merging comments and/or votes is the KISS approach here. Further > implementation details should be discussed on aur-dev, please. > All right, I cave in. I'll implement it as such and send a patch to aur-dev.
