On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:53:59 +0100 Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kevin Fenzi wrote: > > As far as I can tell we don't have a guideline for how to do package > > renames. Here's my first attempt at such a guideline: > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/RenamingPackages > > > > Feel free to leave feedback in talk page for it on the wiki, or > > here or in personal email to me. > > Somewhere in the distant past, we had a rule that to rename a > package, all that's needed is a CVS Request. I'd like that to be > reintroduced. I don't think dropping that rule was ever really > discussed, it just vanished some day. It doesn't make sense to > require a rereview just for a name change when any other updates > (including things like adding subpackages and Obsoletes - and no, I'm > not suggesting to force rereviews for all that stuff, it wouldn't > scale!) are allowed. IMHO even a quick review on the ML is too much > overhead for something as trivial as a name change. I would normally agree, but I have seen a number of cases where people got Obsoletes/Provides wrong and caused a mess. ;( I would like to see them get another pair of eyes on their package before pushing the renamed version out. Thats all. > > Kevin Kofler > kevin
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