On വെള്ളി 01 ഡിസംബര് 2017 04:44 രാവിലെ, Georg Faerber wrote: > Hi all, > > Upstream decided [1] to rename factory-girl to factory-bot, because "The > name "Factory Girl" was confusing to some developers who encountered > this library, and offensive or problematic to others." [2] > > We're using this in schleuder, therefore I would like to update the name > accordingly. > > However, as I'm still quite new to Debian packaging, at least up until > now I've never done a task like this, I'm unsure what this does involve: > > - A ITP for a new package? > - "Just" renaming? What about reverse dependencies? I think renaming and updating reverse dependencies will be enough. It will still have to go through NEW and once it clears, you will need update reverse dependencies and request removal of old package. > - Does this need in fact a transition? Only 3 packages needs changes (reverse-depends -b ruby-factory-girl) so I don't think we need a transition. * ruby-factory-girl-rails * schleuder * tmuxinator > - Besides all of the above: I'm planning to backport this to stretch, as > well. > I don't know if backporting is worth just for the rename. > Thanks for any insights. > > Best, > Georg > > > [1] > https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot/commit/c716ce01b448ce4e0bf855c5a2c63ecb9206322e > [2] > https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot/commit/e083f4a904ae30d170872385d4be3b37d44276e5 >
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