Am 07.11.2015 um 11:47 schrieb Andreas Beckmann: >> I intend to rename the binary packages from >> >> xxx2.83v5 to >> xxx2.83v6 > > IMHO, xxx2.83.6 would be more intuitive. > > Also given this versioning scheme, upstreams next soversion will likely > be 2.84, making a Debian-local soversion change from 2.83 to 2.83.6 > would be another option. That should also work without B+R. > >> and extend the current Breaks and Replaces fields and add the old v5 >> binary packages too. >> >> Is there a better solution and is Conflicts strictly needed? > > I think B+R is sufficient and preferable over Conflicts. I will rename the packages to xxx2.83.6 and use Breaks + Replaces since it is uncertain when upstream makes another release. Thanks for your feedback. Markus
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