On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:27:52 +0100, MC (Milan) wrote:
"Renamed"? If so, it would be just another example why our Package Renaming Process is flawed and only adds tiresome bureaucracy for those who follow it.
Hi, I'm sorry for a confusion, it wasn't meant like real "rename of a package", I did not know internals for the change, for me it was "renamed", but as Matthias explained, it was not a package rename.
No problem, but doesn't change much with regard to my opinion.
_Replacing_ existing packages is also covered by the packaging guidelines,
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Renaming.2FReplacing_Exi...
including an explanation how to handle the "Obsoletes" and "Provides". Even the case when to add only "Obsoletes" is commented on.