Re: changing source and binary package names

2017-12-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, thanks folks On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 01:24:08PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Monday, December 18, 2017 02:39:20 PM James Cowgill wrote: ... > a binary from another source package, but still don't ask for removal. Once > getmail4 doesn't produce the current version of any binaries anymo

Re: changing source and binary package names

2017-12-18 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On 19 December 2017 at 09:12, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Monday, December 18, 2017 08:00:49 PM Rene Engelhard wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 01:24:08PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > > It'll go through New anyway (if I remember correctly) because it's > taking > > > over a binary from ano

Re: changing source and binary package names

2017-12-18 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, December 18, 2017 08:00:49 PM Rene Engelhard wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 01:24:08PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > It'll go through New anyway (if I remember correctly) because it's taking > > over a binary from another source package > > No, that doesn't go through NEW. E.g. (f

Re: changing source and binary package names

2017-12-18 Thread Rene Engelhard
On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 01:24:08PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > It'll go through New anyway (if I remember correctly) because it's taking > over > a binary from another source package No, that doesn't go through NEW. E.g. (from my not to distant memory) https://packages.qa.debian.org/s/scowl/

Re: changing source and binary package names

2017-12-18 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 10:06:08PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > When changing only the binary package name, it is easy to do it. All I > have to do is package an empty transitional package with the old binary > package name in its new source package with proper dependencies and > upload it :-) your

Re: changing source and binary package names

2017-12-18 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, December 18, 2017 02:39:20 PM James Cowgill wrote: > Hi, > > On 18/12/17 13:06, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Hi, > > > > When changing only the binary package name, it is easy to do it. All I > > have to do is package an empty transitional package with the old binary > > package name in its

Re: changing source and binary package names

2017-12-18 Thread James Cowgill
Hi, On 18/12/17 13:06, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > When changing only the binary package name, it is easy to do it. All I > have to do is package an empty transitional package with the old binary > package name in its new source package with proper dependencies and > upload it :-) > > But what