Re: upstream upgrade capable of running in parallel with old version.

Hi On Sunday 12 August 2012, Paul Elliott wrote: > > My upstream has released version 7. It is like gtk in that the new version > and > old version are capable of running on the same system. Names of executables > have 7 appended to them instead of 6. > > What is the proper way of handling th

Re: upstream upgrade capable of running in parallel with old version.

Hi, On 12.08.2012 13:16, Paul Elliott wrote: > ITP a whole new package? Change the control file to allow it? Yes. Look at packages like Python, automake, the kenrel and so on. They are installed from versioned packages like python2.6 and install binaries like /usr/bin/python2.6. Depending on you

upstream upgrade capable of running in parallel with old version.

My upstream has released version 7. It is like gtk in that the new version and old version are capable of running on the same system. Names of executables have 7 appended to them instead of 6. What is the proper way of handling this? ITP a whole new package? Change the control file to allow it