Re: renaming a package
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
> I intend to rename the glut packages from
> glutg3
> glutg3-dev
> to
> libglut3
> libglut-dev
> to follow the convention for library package naming.
>
> So in the control file, I've specified that libglut3 Conflicts and Replaces
> glutg3 for versions <= 3.7-15, and created a glutg3 package with no content,
> that depends on libglut3. I've done similar for glutg3-dev and libglut-dev.
>
> Does anyone have any comments or suggestions about this plan? Does it suck,
> is there a better way to do it and still provide a smooth upgrade, so
> developers depending on the glut libraries aren't shafted?
Go ahead. Actually, there is not a better way using available dpkg fields.
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