Hi Dominique, thanks for your answer!
[...] Following upstream is always a good reason
Yes, and it makes maintenance a lot easier. :)
[...] Is this openSUSE-only or also relevant for SLE?
Well, I think for both.
If openSUSE-only, the requirements for bug reports is much lower (unless you target maintenance releases) - for such package rework, a bug is not nescessary and you can just submit the new package to Java:packages and from there to openSUSE:Factory, together with the delete requests (The del req on the devel prj can only be accepted once the packages disappear from openSUSE:Factory)
So if I understood you correct, if it is relevant for both (openSUSE and SLE) I better open a bug report, right? Another, hopefully, final question: Is there a difference in order in regards to submit and delete requests? Does the project prefer to first submit the new package and then the delete request or vice versa? Thanks! :) -- Gruß/Regards, Thomas Schraitle ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX GmbH (o< Maxfeldstrasse 5 /\\ Documentation Specialist 90409 Nuernberg, Germany _\_v http://www.suse.com http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/thomas-schraitle/ GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Dilip Upmanyu, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)