Re: Splitting a package

[debian-devel@liska.ath.cx (Olе Streicher)]

Arno Töll <arno@debian.org> writes:
> Hi Ole,
> On 12.01.2014 13:30, Olе Streicher wrote:
>> However, now I get a bug report <http://bugs.debian.org/734917> that the
>> new "-doc" package has files that would overwrite parts of the old base
>> package.

> Please use Replaces in conjunction with Breaks (not Conflicts). See
> Policy §7.6.1 which explains  your use case:
> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces

Thank you. I should have read it.
How long should one carry this relation? Forever?
(Once the new package is in testing, the old package is not available
anymore).

Best

Ole