Re: How to superceed one package with another?

[Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>]

Le jeudi 07 avril 2005 à 11:45 +0900, Oliver M. Bolzer a écrit :
> I am not sure on the necerssary requirement, but are the following steps 
> correct for a smooth transition?
> 
> tuxracer, tuxracer-data    => planetpenguin-racer, planetpenguin-racer-data
> 
> 1. Upload new ppracer packages with
>    planetpenguin-racer Conflicts/Replaces:  tuxracer
>    planetpenguin-racer-data Conflicts/Replaces: tuxracer-data

Don't set the Conflicts, they will trash step 2.

> 2. After above has been accepted into the archive,
>    upload empty,transitional tuxracer(-data) packages with
>    tuxracer Depends: planetpenguin-racer
>    tuxracer-data Depends: planetpenguin-racer-data

I'd say there's no real need for a transitional tuxracer-data.

> 3. post-sarge, ask for removal of tuxracer packages

Sounds good.
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