On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Daniel Micay <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Philip A Reimer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi
> > Please merge. I renamed the package to match the name of sqlite in extra.
> > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mingw-w64-sqlite3
> > into
> > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mingw-w64-sqlite
> >
> > -ant32
> > http://amr.linuxd.org
>
> Using the sqlite3 naming seems like asking for trouble based on how
> upstream works.
>
> > SQLite4 is an alternative, not a replacement, for SQLite3. SQLite3 is not 
> > going away. SQLite3 and SQLite4 will be supported in parallel. The SQLite3 
> > legacy will not be abandoned. SQLite3 will continue to be maintained and 
> > improved. But designers of new systems will now have the option to select 
> > SQLite4 instead of SQLite3 if desired.
>
> I know the official repositories do this, but it doesn't work when
> upstream considers new releases to be independent projects and will
> continue development of the old one - even new features and
> performance enhancements.
>
> When SQLite4 is released as stable, there's going to be a problem.

I was not aware that SQLite4 wouldn't be a replacement. If this
package should be named sqlite3 then the new package needs to be
deleted.

I'll be waiting for a TU to either delete mingw-w64-sqlite or merge
mingw-w64-sqlite3 into it.

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