On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@chello.at> wrote:
Richard Shaw wrote:
> The question is, since a "tqsllib" package will still be produced, what is
> the proper steps to replace the existing tqsllib and do I need
> Obsolete/Provides? I don't think so because the package name is the same
> but I wanted to be sure.

* dist-git and pkgdb work on SRPMs, so you commit a dead.package and retire
the package as normal (I think fedpkg retire will work fine even in this
case), BUT
* Obsoletes and Provides are NOT needed. Just make sure the new subpackage
has an EVR higher than the previous standalone package.

Thanks for the clarification Kevin... On a related note, the guidelines say I should only retire a package that's not released since the package can not get removed from released versions, so in this case I'm thinking that would be f20 and rawhide.

As to the order, I would think I need the new packages in stable before retiring so we have a continuity of update path? 

Thanks,
Richard