Re: Doubt about using a forked version for a new package release (original) (raw)

Hello Nelson,

Debian has pngnq at version 1.0 with the latest upstream version at 1.1 The fork https://sf.net/projects/pngnqs9 is at version 2.0.2

The best option seems, indeed, to offer the forked version (as https://bugs.debian.org/862077 also says)

usually a good starting point is to see what other distro did (e.g. Fedora, Suse, Arch), and discuss with old/new upstream.

Having a new package providing pngnq and conflicting / replacing it is feasible https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#virtual-packages

you can use update-alternative to let users choice their preferred implementation.

Honestly I would start by updating pngnq to the latest version + patches, and then maybe pack the new one in experimental and ask for testing or whatever (you can also pack it as patch on top of the non-fork version)

At the end, it should be up to you and your users (also debian-devel is probably a good place to ask "which version is better")

G.

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