On 2024-11-05, at 20:40:08 +0000, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > To my mind, the natural solution is to put git-commit.el in elpa-magit > (as upstream wants) but keep the elpa-git-commit package around, > empty, and with a Depends: elpa-magit (>= xxx) or even Depends: > elpa-magit (== xxx) to ensure that git-commit.el is pulled in. And > elpa-magit has a Breaks: elpa-git-commit (<< xxx). And maybe even a > Provides: elpa-git-commit. I think this is the "approved" way to > handle this sort of transition. And it maintains various invariants, > like other packages can have dependencies on either, and it's possible > to reverse the transition painlessly in the future if necessary. > > I think.
That would be my approach, fwiw. J.
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