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Re: one binary package created by different source packages, will the old source package disappear?



On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 12:03:13PM +0100, Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> assume the following scenario:
> 
> - Source package foo creates binary packages libfoo1 and libfoo-dev
> - source package foo2 creates binary packages libfoo2 and libfoo2-dev
> 
> Since both versions are API-compatible, libfoo2-dev is renamed to
> foo-dev, replacing the old binary package from source package foo.  Will
> the complete source package foo have to disappear, or will foo and the
> binary package libfoo1 continue to be available?

Everything will be available until you ask removal to ftp masters.

Mike



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