Re: Debian package transition: Rename package and reuse old name with new content

2018-08-23 Thread Alexis Murzeau
Hi, Thanks for your replies. On 19/08/2018 12:18, Simon McVittie wrote: > According to apt-file(1), python3-pycryptodome contains > /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Cryptodome, which you use via "import > Cryptodome". If you're renaming packages anyway, would it be better for > the package

Re: Debian package transition: Rename package and reuse old name with new content

2018-08-20 Thread Gianfranco Costamagna
>I'm not sure of the transition policies when handling transitions on >testing and unstable only (ie: not involving stable). >But that should ensure there is no breakage between package in the archive. if you are just renaming a package,, and the reverse-deps are not too many, better avoid

Re: Bug#886291: Debian package transition: Rename package and reuse old name with new content

2018-08-19 Thread Simon McVittie
On Sat, 18 Aug 2018 at 16:31:37 +0200, Alexis Murzeau wrote: > To fix #886291, we should: > - Rename python3-pycryptodome to python3-pycryptodomex > - Reuse python3-pycryptodome package name to package a non compatible > python3 module. > > The rationale of this rename + reuse is that currently,

Debian package transition: Rename package and reuse old name with new content

2018-08-18 Thread Alexis Murzeau
Hi mentors, I'm trying to find the best solution for a package renaming of pycryptodome. This package exists for both python3 and python2. For simplicity, I will talk only about python3 packages. The package is not in stable. Currently, we have in testing and unstable: - python3-pycryptodome -