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El Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:00:43 -0700
Toshio Kuratomi <a.bad...@gmail.com> escribió:
> On Sep 19, 2013 12:53 PM, "Michael Schwendt" <mschwe...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> 
> Cc'd Dennis to see if this can happen in koji.  If it can't I would
> not be opposed to the new package unretiring the name and having the
> pkgdb entry updated to the new package.  The git history would have
> both the old package's commits and the new one's.
> 
> -Toshio

We have no ability to rename a package in koji. im not opposed to
reusing the name. Just need some way to ensure its very clear the old
and new are different. Likely need to add a conflicts with the old one.
hopefully versions allow for upgrade okay, if not an epoch will need to
be added.

Dennis
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