Nov. 21, 2012
5 a.m.
Daniel Holth writes:
When I used Obsoletes, it meant "I am no longer developing this other package that is identical to this re-named package".
But as a user I could care less! The authors may care, but I don't care if Torqued "obsoletes" Gorgon, because in using Torqued I'm DTRT'ing even though I don't know it. What I care about is when I'm using Gorgon, and there's something "better" (or worse, "correct") to use in my application. It might be a good idea to have a just-like-Amazon While-This-Package-Is-Great-You-Might-Also-Consider: field. Tongue-in-cheeki-ly y'rs,