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

[alad]

On 26/12/2020 15:39, Michael Kogan via aur-general wrote:
> 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 comment on the AUR page and an out of date notification with again a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