Re: Renaming a package
Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net> wrote:
> Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> wrote:
>
> > There is not a "standard" to make a package to disappear, but there is
> > something you can do to ensure that "apt-get upgrade" works: Just make
> > emacs-goodies-extra-el a dummy (empty) package which depends on
> > emacs-goodies-el, and make debbugs-el a dummy package which depends on
> > debian-el. Make them of extra priority and section oldlibs. Remove the
> > conflicts, so that these packages are actually installed.
>
> I'm very glad I asked on this list. Many thanks!
> (makes me wonder if I should kill the extra package, considering it will
> live on anyway)
Are we allowed to kill dummy packages after one stable release?
If it were created now, I could simply remove it after sarge's release?
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