Thanks for the clear suggestion

On Sunday, 15 May 2016 10:37:17 UTC+2, Tony Kelman wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>

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