Re: Process for retiring a subpackage

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>]

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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

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