[06:08] <alkisg> Hi, I have two source packages with the same name "ltsp", its old (5) and its new (19) version. They produce completely different binaries with no overlaps or conflicts; old and new binaries can coexist in a system.
[06:08] <alkisg> But the sources cannot coexist in a PPA because of the same name, so I'd need different PPAs to host them, correct?
[07:19] <mitya57> alkisg: Yes, you need either different PPAs or just the different source names.
[07:19] <alkisg> Thank you very much mitya57
[07:21] <alkisg> So I think I can use a single PPA like this: (1) delete old packages so that their binaries won't conflict with "2", (2) upload a renamed version of the old source that will produce old-named binaries, and (3) upload the new source
[07:26] <mitya57> That should work, yes
[07:28] <alkisg> Great
[08:35] <wgrant> alkisg: Why do you have two sources with the same name that need to coexist? You almost certainly want to rename one of them.
[08:36] <alkisg> wgrant: it's ok I'm also the debian co-maintainer of ltsp, and I've talked with the more experienced other co-maintainer too,
[08:36] <alkisg> The new ltsp is a complete rewrite, and we want to make it easier for our users to have both of them in parallel in case one fits them better for a migration period,
[08:36] <alkisg> so we'll offer the new ltsp in backports/ppas, and in 20.04 or so we'll remove the old ltsp from the archives completely
[08:37] <wgrant> Ah. So you wouldn't actually want them to coexist on one system. A separate legacy PPA probably makes sense
[08:37] <alkisg> For the migration period, I would encourage old users to have both of them coinstalled
[08:38] <alkisg> But that's an unofficial migration period; backports and ppas, not formal archives
[08:38] <alkisg> The new package will land in testing in Autumn, so that it'll be included in 20.04 and in bullseye
[08:38] <lennyb> Hi, what is a procedure to import pkg to Ubuntu bionic. This pkg exists in debian (https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=sourcenames&keywords=networking-mlnx )
[08:40] <wgrant> lennyb: That sounds like an Ubuntu question, so you probably want #ubuntu-devel
[08:41] <lennyb> wgrant. thanks.
[11:59] <pipedream> lennyb: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=networking-mlnx&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all
[12:27] <lennyb> pipedream: thanks. looks like there were some debian/ubuntu version issues that I am trying to figure out and solve