[pkg-go] Package renames for clockwork and go-semver packages

Paul Tagliamonte paultag at debian.org
Tue May 10 01:30:09 UTC 2016


> I'm proposing to rename the binary packages thusly:
> 
> golang-github-coreos-semver-dev -> golang-github-coreos-go-semver-dev
> as the package name is "go-semver" and not just "semver".
> 
> golang-jonboulle-clockwork-dev ->
> golang-github-jonboulle-clockwork-dev as we are missing the vendor
> name "github".

Both SGTM; have .dscs ready or a package prepared?

> Luckily now is a good time to make this change as existing uploaded
> packages depend on the old package name via a conditional dependency
> (oldname | newname) and so don't need changing.  There are a few cases
> where the RHS new name needs to be updated and I've checked in fixes
> for this already.

So on your game!

> I *think* this is all do-able without having to create any
> transitional packages but it would be nice to get some feedback on
> this.

Sounds fine here; I don't think we had to do transitional packages for
other renames

> Also I think I might need to ask the FTP masters to remove the
> old binary packages once the changes have been uploaded.

Yeah, I can take care of that on the backend too, just hit me up once
it's fixed.

> Tim.

cheers,
  paul
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