Re: [aur-general] Transition users from package x to package y (package x deprecated)

27 Dec 2020


      On 27/12/2020 02:30, alad via aur-general wrote:
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On 26/12/2020 15:39, Michael Kogan via aur-general wrote:
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Done, thanks! Eventually I did all of the above (a "replaces" field 
in the
new package which seems to have no impact though, an echo output with 
the
deprecation message, a deprecation message in the package description, a
comment on the AUR page and an out of date notification with again a
deprecation message). Let's see how it goes! :)
As mentioned, replace does nothing at all for AUR packages (unless you 
put them in a local repo).
You can add conflicts/replaces though, such that users don't have to 
manually remove the old package before installing the new one.
Alad
...and I meant conflicts/provides in the last part.

Alad