On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:51:28 +0200, Sandro Mani wrote: > > On 13.09.2013 11:48, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:54:49 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > > > >> On 09/12/2013 10:40 PM, Sandro Mani wrote: > >> > >>> I just posted a review for avl (the Aerodynamic and flight-dynamic > >>> analysis of rigid aircrafts package) [1], and the reviewer noticed that > >>> it conflicts with the retired avl package (the AVL tree manipulation > >>> library). How should one proceed in such situations? Does the old > >>> repository needs to be deleted before the new one is created? > >> Please do not reuse package names for unrelated software. It is quite > >> confusing and can interfere with all kinds of tracking/package mapping > >> efforts. > > That could be documented. > > > > It would be wrong for an old retired (!) "avl" to block that component > > name forever. What if that project has been abandoned or renamed? > > > > I can't reach the old git.fruit.je/avl currently, but the README in the > > old F14 package calls it "AVLTREE", "AVLTree" and "AVL-Tree library", > > and the Fedora src.rpm uses the libavl source tarball from Debian. > > > > => It could (should?) have been named "libavl" or "avltree". > I would definitely prefer this option. Should I file a rel-eng ticket or > what would the procedure be?
A few years ago, there would have been a helpful answer from the admins who would/wouldn't process such requests. I don't know whether it's possible to not only rename a git repo but also the stuff within pkgdb and koji. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
