Changing source package name

[SZÉKELYI Szabolcs]

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Hi,

I would like to change the name of a source package; is there anything
non-package-specific thing to do apart from simply using the new name in
debian/changelog? I mean adding new header fields, etc.

Thanks,
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[Paul Wise-3]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:04 AM, SZÉKELYI Szabolcs <cc@...> wrote:

> I would like to change the name of a source package; is there anything
> non-package-specific thing to do apart from simply using the new name in
> debian/changelog? I mean adding new header fields, etc.

Also need to change the source package name in debian/control

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[Vincent Bernat-3]

OoO  En cette  soirée bien  amorcée du  mercredi 23  juillet  2008, vers
22:04, SZÉKELYI Szabolcs <cc@...> disait :

> I would like to change the name of a source package; is there anything
> non-package-specific thing to do apart from simply using the new name in
> debian/changelog? I mean adding new header fields, etc.

Reassign bug reports.
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[Don Armstrong]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, SZÉKELYI Szabolcs wrote:
> I would like to change the name of a source package; is there
> anything non-package-specific thing to do apart from simply using
> the new name in debian/changelog? I mean adding new header fields,
> etc.

In general, you should try really hard not to change your source
package name. So hopefully whatever name you're switching to is one
that you'll keep and won't have to switch again.

[The reason why you don't want to change your source package name
gratuitously is because it makes tracking bug versioning more complex,
pollutes the namespace, and can cause confusion in various different
places.]


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