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Georgi Georgiev wrote: |
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> - There is nothing bad in renaming packages, when the short upstream |
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> names collide. |
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Yes, there is. You'll likely have to patch the package all over the |
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place where it uses its name to refer to itself. This patching will |
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always need to be ported to new version and maintained forever. |
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Every package with duplicate names may not require this, but some |
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(perhaps many) will. |
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Sounds like a great use of time to me, rather than using a solution that |
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already exists. |
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