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

[alad]

On 30/12/2020 21:24, Michael Kogan via aur-general wrote:
> Should those go into the new package or into the deprecated ones or into
> all of them? Currently I have conflicts/replaces in all three PKGBUILDs. So
> I just exchange replaces with provides in all of them, or I better remove
> those fields from some of the PKGBUILDs? Thanks!

Since the deprecated ones would likely be unlisted from the AUR anyway, 
I'd say it only matters for the new package.

Alad

> Am So., 27. Dez. 2020 um 02:35 Uhr schrieb alad via aur-general <
> aur-general at archlinux.org>:
>
>> On 27/12/2020 02:30, alad via aur-general wrote:
>>> 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
>>