On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 13:47 +0200, Christoph Mende wrote:
> You could release the new version under the old name as a meta package
> that installs the package with the new name

Ehh... no.

You add the new package under the new name, remove the old package, and
do a package move.  Denis posted the link to the appropriate Developer
Handbook section in his reply.

> On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 14:53 +0400, Peter Volkov (pva) wrote:
> > Hello.
> > 
> > One of packages I maintain changed its name. What shall be done, so
> > users of the package were aware about package name change and upgraded
> > flawlessly?
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > Peter.
> 
-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering Strategic Lead
Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams
Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee
Gentoo Foundation

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