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Make oil a transitional dummy package of oils-for-unix - #62067

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@plaublin plaublin commented Aug 17, 2026 •

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As per the official documentation, the package name for OSH/YSH should be called oils-for-unix, not oil.

The already existing oils-for-unix package in the void-packages source tree replaces this one.
Furthermore, The conflict present in oils-for-unix is no longer necessary and can be safely removed.

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  • I tested the changes in this PR: briefly (the package is removed)

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meator commented Aug 17, 2026

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Wouldn't a transitional dummy package be better here? To make oil an empty package that would depend on oils-for-unix.

@plaublin plaublin changed the title Remove oil package Make oil a transitional dummy package of oils-for-unix Oct 23, 2026
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@meator I've made a transitional dummy package per your suggestion.

The PR title has been updated and the commit has been forced pushed to my own branch. Please tell me if this is not the correct way to do it.

One small question just to know: in general, how long does a transitional dummy package exist? Do the maintainers clean the repository of them at some point?

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