[maemo-developers] External Repository and HAM

[From: Marius Vollmer]

ext Benoît HERVIER <khertan at khertan.net> writes:

> The purpose is to migrate my softwares from "extras" to my own
> repository as i ll not push anymore my applications to extras, but
> only on my own repository.

Ahh, ok.  This is not something that is well supported (as you have
found out), and I believe the Maemo community discourages this.  Maybe
there is a possibilty for you to keep your package in Extras?

One option is to change the package name, and maybe use a
Conflicts/Replaces pair to kick out the old package on users devices
when the new one is installed.  You should also ask for the old package
to be removed from Extras, I'd say.

Another option is to create a new "domain" for your repository.

> So current user cannot update actually my softwares with ham. Saying
> them to apt-get upgrade from xterm is a solution, but not the best
> one.

What about the red-pill mode setting?