On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:29:24PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: > wcslib --> libwcs5 > wcslib-contrib --> libpgsbox5 > > Now, I found and packaged the "giza" library which is basically a free > drop-in-replacement for pgplot. I would now like to merge the two > source packages into one. > > Can I just do that, create a new version of wcslib that includes a new > version of libpgsbox5?
yes, just have src:wcslib build the libpgsbox5 binary (and any other
binary you'd like to move). You only have to make sure that version of
the binaries that will be built by src:wcslib are higher than the
current ones (and I guess they will).
Though given that you are moving from a component to another you might
have to go through NEW, and I don't know if there anything you need to
do/ask for that; I've done this kind of things only within main.
> Since strictly spoken contrib is not a part of
> Debian, this should be not violate the policy, right?
This has anything to do with that story.
> And since I would
> then (ask to) remove the old wcslib-contrib package, everything should
> be smoothly for the users. Or do I miss something?
Users should really not care/notice that a binary package is coming from
a different source package than before at all :)
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