More communication on the issue.
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On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 09:27:56PM +0530, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote:
> || On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:49:34 +0100
> || Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >> The old source name was gnuradio, now it has changed into
> >> gnuradio-core. The upstream refers to gnuradio sources in the CVS as
> >> 0.9. So this may lead to confusion. I (and the upstream) prefer to use
> >> the name gnuradio-core. I guess this is a very valid reason. Renaming
> >> will create confusion, for sure.
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> jeroen> The source package name is hardly ever exposed to users -- it's the
> jeroen> binary package names that matter (the names for the .deb's).
>
> jeroen> For example, what user knows that the mysql package is from the
> jeroen> 'mysql-dfsg' source package?
>
> jeroen> But whatever, you can change the source name if you want to, it makes
> jeroen> sense if there are now multiple gnuradio-* source packages.
>
> The single old gnuradio is now split into many source packages. Only the core
> library is built from gnuradio-core. There are now many gr-* sources, which
> I have packaged. I need to file ITPs and upload them.
>
> Your argument makes sense. But if the old gnuradio packages are
> removed, then it makes my life a lot easier.
Ah, ok. Then indeed, uploading gnomeradio-core makes sense.
> jeroen> If your new package supplies the same .deb's as the gnuradio source
> (and
> jeroen> why shouldn't it?), then this removal will happen semi-automagically.
>
> Some of the binary package names change, to reflect the new library names
> (for instance libgnuradio-core instead of libgnuradio), but some of them
> are the same as old (python-gnuradio). I was confused how thing will be if
> I upload a new version with a new source and binary names into the archive.
> The best solution to me seemed to be removal of the old packages.
Ok. Yes, it should be removed, but only after a replacement is uploaded
-- of course, on the binary level, I assume some upgrade path is thought
out for people upgrading?
--Jeroen
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