The latter change seems unwise. Packages which now depend on minizip (to be minizip-ng)
will continue to do depend on whatever Provides(minizip); if you rename the zlib
subpackage to minizip, they will depend on the wrong thing.
Cheers,
Marcus
On 28.07.22 10:31, Lukas Javorsky wrote:
> Hi fellow contributors,
>
> Upstream has reported a request for minizip naming change from "minizip" to
"minizip-ng"
> (minizip-ng is the official name of the upstream package right now).
>
> As Fedora should match the upstream naming, I believe this change is necessary.
>
> Another naming change is required for the "minizip-compat" package which is
the
> subpackage of the "zlib" package. Upstream requests that we should rename
> "minizip-compat" to "minizip".
>
> I agree with renaming this package as well, however, this could lead to multiple
> confusions maybe even conflicts for the users. The problem with renaming this package
> right after renaming the "minizip-ng" could be that the users may be
confused about
> which package is the right "minizip" for them.
>
> I believe we could rename the "minizip-compat" to the "minizip"
after some larger time
> period so every package that requires "minizip" changes the requirements to
"minizip-ng"
> and there is no confusion anymore.
>
> The first step I want to do is to create a Fedora Change, which contains this whole
> process and is well communicated within the community.
>
> This email serves as a heads-up and also opens a possibility for any tips that you
can
> give me with this change. This is my first time doing a change like this so it may
have
> some bumps along the way, but I'm willing to learn and improve, so feel free to
give me
> any advice you think could benefit me with this process.
>
> Thank you for understanding and sorry for quite a long email.
> Lukas
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>
> Lukáš Javorský
>
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