On 6/10/07, Kevin Horton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I intend to take over bluefish, which was abandoned by the previous > maintainer. This package currently has three variants: > > bluefish > bluefish-gnome2 # with gnome2, with vfs enabled > bluefish-gnomevfs2 # with gnome2, but with vfs disabled > > I find the last variant name (bluefish-gnomevfs2) inconsistent with > the fact that vfs is disabled. I would like to change the name of > this variant to "bluefish-gnome2-novfs". I believe that this would > improve clarity. > > I need advice on the best way to handle the transition from the > current variant name structure to the new one. Anyone who has > bluefish-gnomevfs2-1.0.6 should be automatically upgraded to bluefish- > gnome-novfs2-1.0.7. At first glance, this looks like a job for > Replaces/Conflicts, but I do not understand how I would do this for > only one variant. Also, the package currently has Replaces/Conflicts > on all variants: > > Replaces: bluefish, bluefish-gnome2, bluefish-gnomevfs2 > Conflicts: bluefish, bluefish-gnome2, bluefish-gnomevfs2 > > Kevin Horton > Ottawa, Canada > > >
Maybe separate bluefish-gnomevfs2-1.0.7 into its own dummy placeholder package, which declares: Depends: fink-obsolete-packages, bluefish-gnome2-novfs (>= 1.0.7-1 ) -- Alexander K. Hansen akh AT finkproject DOT org Fink User Liaison and Documenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
