[aur-general] Upgrading PKGBUILD to new version

[Ivan Shapovalov]

On Sunday 19 October 2014 at 06:43:22, stef204 wrote:	
> 
> 19.10.2014, 06:26, "Marcel Korpel" <marcel.korpel at gmail.com>:
> >
> > No, do not send an email to the list, but click on the 'File Request'
> > link of the obsolete package and ask there for deletion.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Marcel
> 
> OK, got it. Not needed at this point as the upgrade went smoothly.
> But will keep in in mind.
> Thanks.

I'd say even more precise: if you want to change a package's name (say, from
'foo' to 'bar'), then you need to upload the new package ('bar') and then
request 'foo' package to be merged into 'bar'.

This way, old package's votes and comments will be retained.

Hope that helps!
-- 
Ivan Shapovalov / intelfx /
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