Renaming an existing package can cause problems if anyone else has started using or depending on it. You can deprecate the existing name of the package by adding an upper Julia version number bound on all existing tags of the package in METADATA, so it will no longer be installable once newer versions of Julia are released. Then register the new name as a new package, using a separate repository for development.
On Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 12:59:17 AM UTC-7, Rob wrote: > > Does anyone have any tips on changing a packages name? I am looking to > expand EEG.jl to encompass other electrophysiological techniques, and think > the name Electrophysiology.jl would be more accurate. > > Is the general consensus to keep the old repo around and provide a warning? > Or, change the name of the repo in github? I imagine this will cause > issues with METADATA.jl? > > Any tips to ease the transition would be appreciated. >
