On Mar 17 12:04, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > Per previous discussion on this list, I'm planning on retiring the > separate packaging of Bash completion scripts in the packages I > maintain, and folding the files into the main package. I can't find any > documentation that'll hold my hand through that process, so can somebody > with the relevant arcane knowledege check my understanding of what's > necessary? > > Taking git-completion as an example, where I'm moving all the contents > from that package into the main git package: > > - For the first release that obsoletes git-completion: > > - Create the main git package in such a way that it contains the files > that would previously have been in git-completion. > > - Create a dummy git-completion package that: > > - Has a dependency on the git package (which it normally does > anyway). > - Has a category of "_obsolete". > - Has no actual content. > > - Create the rest of the release as normal. > > - For following releases: > > - Continue to create all the packages as normal (excluding > git-completion). > > - Don't bother to create new versions of the git-completion package. > > The above process is cobbled together from memory of emails going past > this list, so I'd appreciate someone checking I've understood correctly.
Sounds completely right to me. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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