I've just realized that an alternative transition plan has been described in #875912, so I'm cc'ing that bug too and its participants. Below is the transition plan that I had in mind and some additional comments. On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 12:11:09PM +0100, Sébastien Villemot wrote: > On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 04:26:10PM -0600, Simon Quigley wrote: > > > Also I think it would make sense to merge the gcompris and gcompris-qt > > > source packages (the distinction is no longer relevant). > > > > Sure, you're more than welcome to make any commits to that repo that you > > feel would be relevant. > > Here is how I would do the transition: > > - keep the source package name "gcompris-qt" > > - but rename the binary packages to "gcompris" and "gcompris-data" > respectively, therefore taking over the binary packages currently provided by > src:gcompris > > - since the version number of the old series (15.10-1) is higher than the new > one (0.81-1), the epoch needs to be bumped (i.e. we should use 1:0.81-1). > > - a transition package "gcompris-qt" (depending on "gcompris") should be provided > for current users of the -qt version > > - finally, after uploading these changes, removal of the older src:gcompris > source package should be requested. > > Does that sound good to you? > > If yes, I am willing to implement this change in the git. Compared to the plan described in #875912 (keeping two separate source package, and making "gcompris" a transitional package depending on "gcompris-qt), my plan has the advantage of avoiding the need for a transitional *source* package, and keeps the binary package "gcompris" as the main binary package which is probably better from a user point of view; its drawback is that it requires an epoch bump. I am basically fine with both options, so please weigh in if you have a strong case for either of the two scenarios. Best, -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Sébastien Villemot ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ http://sebastien.villemot.name ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ http://www.debian.org
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