2014-10-30 10:50 GMT+01:00 Alec Leamas <leamas.a...@gmail.com>:

> On 30/10/14 10:41, Sergio Pascual wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> 2014-10-30 10:32 GMT+01:00 Alec Leamas <leamas.a...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:leamas.a...@gmail.com>>:
>>
>>     Hi all!
>>
>>
>>     Feeling dumb (again...) I have a package which I now need to split
>>     into subpackages.
>>
> [cut]
>
>>
>> Does this help?
>>
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrade_paths_%E2%80%94_
>> renaming_or_splitting_packages
>>
>>
>>
> No, not really. My case is really the one-to-many case, probably to simple
> to be mentioned in that doc (?)
>
>
You can use the n to m case, with n = 1. What the doc says is that you
create an empty -compat subpackage, that obsoletes your previous package
and that requires your new subpackages.
After one release cycle you add again your old name and obsolete the
-compat package.
That's what I understand, at least



> That said, thanks for pointer!
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> --alec
>
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