[aur-general] Naming of aegisub packages

Stefan Husmann stefan-husmann at t-online.de
Mon Jun 20 19:37:42 EDT 2011


Am 19.06.2011 10:07, schrieb Hilinus Fenfort:
> In data domenica 19 giugno 2011 10:14:14, cantabile ha scritto:
>> Hello,
>>
>> We have four packages:
>>      aegisub [1] - this pulls from svn, from the 2.1.9 branch (2.1.9 will
>> be the next stable version)
>>      aegisub-stable [2] - this compiles the stable version from the
>> released tarball - 2.1.8 at the moment, which is quite old and probably
>> doesn't build anymore due to changes in ffmpeg
>>      aegisub-bin [3] - this repackages the binary from upstream, stable
>> version
>>      aegisub-svn [4] - this builds from svn, from trunk (trunk should
>> become version 3.0, when it's ready)
>>
>> [1] should be renamed 'aegisub-next-svn' or something like that, and [2]
>> should be renamed simply 'aegisub'
>
> Agreed. But i'm not too practical with the AUR and i don't know how to
> rename a package. Maybe i could create another one with the name you
> suggest and then let some admin delete the old aegisub package. But what
> happens to users who have installed it? Should I use replaces=() in the
> PKGBUILD?
>
>
Renaming is not possible yet. Indeed the only working way is to create a
new package under another name. I do not like the name 'aegisub-next-svn'
that much, because IMHO it is not clear enough. I would prefer
'aegisub-stable-svn'.

Do not use 'replaces=()' here. Use provides=('aegisub') and conflicts=('aegisub').

Keep contributing!

Regards Stefan


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