If a package is essentially identical to upstream in Debian Stable, it would seem silly to change the name for a security update, in the same release. I like the general idea, though. It may be a good idea to change the name when upstream does not want Debian to distribute.
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Re: Renaming = forking
Date: 2016-04-07 06:25 am (UTC)