Re: Doubt about using a forked version for a new package release
Hello Nelson,
>Debian has pngnq at version 1.0 with the latest upstream version at 1.1
>The fork https://sf.net/projects/pngnqs9 is at version 2.0.2
>
>The best option seems, indeed, to offer the forked version (as
>https://bugs.debian.org/862077 also says)
usually a good starting point is to see what other distro did (e.g. Fedora, Suse, Arch),
and discuss with old/new upstream.
Having a new package providing pngnq and conflicting / replacing it is feasible
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#virtual-packages
you can use update-alternative to let users choice their preferred implementation.
Honestly I would start by updating pngnq to the latest version + patches, and then
maybe pack the new one in experimental and ask for testing or whatever
(you can also pack it as patch on top of the non-fork version)
At the end, it should be up to you and your users (also debian-devel is probably a good
place to ask "which version is better")
G.
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