[tur-users] Renaming AUR Packages?

[Travis Willard]

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:41:25 +0000 (GMT)
mutlu_inek <mutlu_inek at yahoo.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I maintain a few packages in AUR. One of them is a font package
> called vista-fonts. Recently, a user has requested that I change the
> name to ttf-vista-fonts since that is what true type font packages
> are generally called in Arch. I have no problem with renaming the
> package, however, there are a number of pitfalls and I am not sure
> how this should be done properly. Is there a standard way to do this?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> mutlu

I think the best way to go about doing this is to rename the package
locally and add replaces=('vista-fonts') to the PKGBUILD.  Then, upload
the new package and add a comment to the old package.  Let it sit a
while so people can see the new package, then remove the old one.  It's
kinda hackish, I agree, but probably your best bet.

--
Travis