Hi, When changing only the binary package name, it is easy to do it. All I have to do is package an empty transitional package with the old binary package name in its new source package with proper dependencies and upload it :-)
But what is needed when changing both the source and binary package name together? Specifically for getmail upstream is moving to version 5.4 now and Debian unstable has now: * source: getmail4 (upstream 4.53 based) * Binary: getmail4 * source: getmail (upstream 5.4 based) * Binary: getmail Here, getmail packaeg is compatible replacement of getmail4 package. I am thinking to add getmal4 dummy transitional package to getmail source package and upload it. Can I upload such binary dummy package now when there is an older package in unstable? Should I ask getmail4 source package removal to ftp master before uploading the dummy transitional package? Or should I do it after? Regards, Osamu