Re: upstream changed the source tarball name...
Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org> wrote:
>> -- But, how do I properly inform the ftp masters that the old
>> 'acovea' source has been replaced by the new 'libacovea' source,
>> even though both produce a binary package called 'acovea' (and
>> should do so)? ITP the new stuff and file the bug to remove the
>> old?
>
> Upload. They're clever people, they'll sort it out. If in doubt, make the
> changelog nice and verbose.
They'll probably not even see it: If a new source package produces a
binary package that already exists, the new source package does not go
through NEW. At least it has been that way this summer. I have been
told there are plans to change that, but I assume that it has not yet
been done.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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