I am working on taking over toshutils. One of the things I would like to do is incorporate a patch that updates it from GTK+ to GTK2. The patch came from ALT Linux. Up to now I have been considering keeping the toshutils package as it is and then adding a second binary package from the same source, called toshutils-gtk2. However, in reading the Policy Manual about the use of Replaces, I am not sure how to proceed. The Policy Manual states that it is a violation of policy for a pacakge to contain files in the same location as another package without replacing it. Specifically: "It is an error for a package to contain files which are on the system in another package, unless Replaces is used" This leaves me in the akward position of having toshutils and toshutils-gtk2 both Conflict and Replace each other. That doesn't really make sense. I have a few options: 1) Setup toshutils-gtk2 to compile binaries to have different names and maybe not have them Conflict. 2) Have both packages use the same binary names, remove the Conflict and set them up to use alternatives. 3) Forget about a GTK+ version and press ahead with a GTK2 only package. 4) Forget about a GTK2 version and press ahead with a GTK+ only package. I would like to know what everyone thinks. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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