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Re: Moving utility scripts from one package to another

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Hi Scott (2020.06.23_21:56:04_+0000)
> I have a couple of (mostly library) Python packages, src:wxpython3.0, which
> was Python 2 only and has been recently RM'd and src:wxpython4.0 which is
> Python 3 only.  wxpython3.0 had a subpackage, python-wxtools, which
> contained a few utility scripts.  wxpython4.0 can also provide those utility
> scripts, so I just wanted to confirm what I need to do to make that happen
> safely when adding a python3-wxtools package to replace python-wxtools.
> 
> 1) python3-wxtools should Replace:, Provide:, and Conflict: python-wxtools,
> correct?

Yep. Essentially this is a rename and you're following this method:
https://wiki.debian.org/RenamingPackages#Clean_slate_method

> 2) Should python3-wxtools even be named with the python3- prefix if it is
> not providing a Python library?  I'm thinking not.

Yeah, probably not.

SR

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Moving utility scripts from one package to another Scott Talbert <swt@techie.net> - 2020-06-24 00:00 +0200
  Re: Moving utility scripts from one package to another Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org> - 2020-06-24 00:20 +0200

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