Re: Package name change

To: Debian Mentors <debian-mentors@lists.debian.org>
Cc: Hereward Cooper <zadok@phreaker.net>
Subject: Re: Package name change
From: Christian Surchi <csurchi@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 01:52:15 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20011210015215.A21120@mclink.it>
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20011210004232.GA500@sirena.org.uk>; from broonie@sirena.org.uk on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:42:32AM +0000
References: <[🔎] 20011209143929.A26977@oasis.frogfoot.net> <[🔎] 20011209125458.15cc3182.zadok@phreaker.net> <[🔎] 20011209145301.A27491@oasis.frogfoot.net> <[🔎] 20011209144204.GG13089@sirena.org.uk> <[🔎] 20011210011119.H1706@mclink.it> <[🔎] 20011210004232.GA500@sirena.org.uk>

On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:42:32AM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> Effectively what you're doing is turning the old package into a virtual
> package provided by the new one.

I remember some messages about it and I don't think we could simply
"invent" virtual packages. And then, don't you suggest any "Conflicts"? 

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