> I intend to rename the binary packages from > > xxx2.83v5 to > xxx2.83v6
IMHO, xxx2.83.6 would be more intuitive. Also given this versioning scheme, upstreams next soversion will likely be 2.84, making a Debian-local soversion change from 2.83 to 2.83.6 would be another option. That should also work without B+R. > and extend the current Breaks and Replaces fields and add the old v5 > binary packages too. > > Is there a better solution and is Conflicts strictly needed? I think B+R is sufficient and preferable over Conflicts. Andreas
