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Bug 212797 - Improve package move documentation
Summary: Improve package move documentation
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other documents (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Quality Assurance Team
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/...
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Depends on: 223401
Blocks:
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Reported: 2008-03-09 06:17 UTC by Ryan Hill (RETIRED)
Modified: 2011-09-18 22:26 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Ryan Hill (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-03-09 06:17:02 UTC
As discussed in IRC, we need to better document the package move procedure that's in the dev handbook (and move it to the devguide).

- outline what steps are needed and the order in which to do them more clearly

- it's not just DEPEND you need to check, there's also stuff like built_with_use, etc.  every reference in the tree needs to be changed.  same with any of our documentation.

- remind the dev that ${P}/${PF}/${PN} will change and they may need to update their ebuilds accordingly

- adding an entry to /profiles/updates is listed twice

- document slotmove

- copy the ChangeLog instead of creating a new one so history is preserved
Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2009-04-12 09:45:10 UTC
- update category/package in first line of ChangeLog

(For the recent net-www moves really everyone forgot this.)