Re: Clarification for package naming policy
Am Donnerstag, dem 26.05.2022 um 15:57 +0900 schrieb Marc Dequènes (duck):
> Quack,
>
> When I packaged redmine 5.0.0 one package was missing and I created it
> (ruby-deckar01-task-list). Now I recently received #1011414 that tells
> me it's a duplicate o_O.
> And indeed it is, ruby-task-list is packaging the same software. Problem
> is `apt search deckar01` returns nothing and task_list is a valid,
> although obsolete, gem (https://rubygems.org/gems/task_list before it
> was forked by deckar01).
> I think in this case this is really misleading and we should not
> highjack the original name unless upstream does so. Sometimes forks
> become incompatible and the original project resumes and both diverge
> and one cannot be used in place of the other.
What about a
Provides: ruby-deckar01-task-list
?
Regards, Daniel
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