From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 35591 invoked by alias); 17 Mar 2016 14:05:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 35101 invoked by uid 89); 17 Mar 2016 14:05:27 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-96.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_PBL,RDNS_DYNAMIC,USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*R:U*cygwin-apps, HX-Envelope-From:sk:corinna, H*R:D*cygwin.com, emails X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Received: from ipbcc0d020.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (188.192.208.32) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:05:26 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 3E159A806B3; Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:05:24 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:05:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Process for retiring a subpackage Message-ID: <20160317140524.GD3302@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20160317120414.GT29016@dinwoodie.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="lMM8JwqTlfDpEaS6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160317120414.GT29016@dinwoodie.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-SW-Source: 2016-03/txt/msg00055.txt.bz2 --lMM8JwqTlfDpEaS6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 1544 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? >=20 > Taking git-completion as an example, where I'm moving all the contents > from that package into the main git package: >=20 > - For the first release that obsoletes git-completion: >=20 > - Create the main git package in such a way that it contains the files > that would previously have been in git-completion. >=20 > - Create a dummy git-completion package that: >=20 > - Has a dependency on the git package (which it normally does > anyway). > - Has a category of "_obsolete". > - Has no actual content. >=20 > - Create the rest of the release as normal. >=20 > - For following releases: >=20 > - Continue to create all the packages as normal (excluding > git-completion). >=20 > - Don't bother to create new versions of the git-completion package. >=20 > 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 --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --lMM8JwqTlfDpEaS6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-length: 819 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJW6rmkAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+gZYAP/2ZztyuhV8Yk2I2zfP0YLlSL zD9OpdCg/qn5KitcQkkeupAPD/lH3YvANnRs7WPR+RDLlXsFWmzh29SgOoLRDCBE DRaQzipm5ouHYCzwp7w9lSmyh+EHmfODgCrhMKZYWdTjlmBiJllvFkap2E7Bprsx uIdMLue5J0o+UMfO50oNLkWxl6CbVAJG0qbBrtuOdm86JfLZmtiMZ2pXkPwofr0y gVeAboQfdJkb/zv4GhAtLI5e9oue+cUGsfKaMpagooeeKGInJOUX0QI7IS99utPG XgVvuEolmLYpS3pN6Ar83VbAfrImIpFhISZKQ2fO8mvqj8fNgzHo4E0tWMHM1+Lz ccNQ1rrXdy7nebTfhhUTgetgEFtgOKnLavUDAUxADfGNdy60XmaE5Zfuht2eh6Po z+fhDuv4Lwb+j1DdpwUxWHBxhxPnfMBjYsTS+vyX5VLkrX52zAiR22L/Acoruehp rYXAVRNVMppEvn7CQ4YWavufwbeX/zdLHpo3alDdOfkLu4DFOz8XEeDfy3yPey0q htXWmZBvS6x8Lxm5nTHPYI8UC6Hb158k7Huwe6BtRaVTw/TDXioH5fvymYduJtj8 U47J+LtKTqwS6kvSR6vfgxoKyxs79SPhcCpd9z/HKOiY1oDMF83uDQyjJVaf7u/q kmZ7jUhPtEIJoCgO1KdZ =V+fX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lMM8JwqTlfDpEaS6--