[RFC] 1.7 Packaging: Obsolete packages

[Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)]

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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> What if we add an "obsoletes:" line to setup.{ini,hint}?
> 
> The idea is that you don't have to provide empty replacement packages
> for the old packages anymore, and setup removes all packages noted in
> the "obsoletes:" line before installing the new package, in the same
> step as when replaing old versions of the same package.
> 
> Would that work?  Wouldn't that ease the transition to new package
> schemes a lot?

Any progress yet on this one?


Yaakov
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