allow 'cassandra' deb to replace 'apache-cassandra1'
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Key: CASSANDRA-3480
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3480
Project: Cassandra
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: Packaging
Environment: Debian-based distros
Reporter: paul cannon
Assignee: paul cannon
Priority: Minor
Datastax has begun distributing [1], due to a miscommunication, a debian
package identical to the one distributed by Apache, but with its package name
changed to "apache-cassandra1". Datastax now intends to go back to using the
Apache packages unchanged, but it is going to take some time since we have also
released a suite of tools, demos, products, and documentation that refer to the
"apache-cassandra1" name, and it will take some more QA and documentation
updates before we can make the full transition back. In the meantime, though,
more people are installing the apache-cassandra1 deb.
To minimize confusion between the two, and facilitate the transition away from
apache-cassandra1, I recommend that we add these lines to Cassandra's
debian/control:
{noformat}
Conflicts: apache-cassandra1
Replaces: apache-cassandra1
{noformat}
..so that users of apache-cassandra1 will be able to install the cassandra deb
from Apache without losing their configuration or needing to fully uninstall
one, then install the other. It will also keep users from mistakenly trying to
install both packages at the same time (it won't work if they try; they'll see
errors, but they might not make sense).
[1] http://debian.datastax.com/community/pool/
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