From debian-devel  Fri Oct 20 15:42:04 2017
From: Jeremy Bicha <jbicha () ubuntu ! com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:42:04 +0000
To: debian-devel
Subject: Re: New package, name recycling
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On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 10:59 AM, W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> wrote:
> I would package the new dino under this name, because I don't think
> there is a conflict.

It is a problem for Ubuntu unless the new version has a newer version
number than the old package.

Launchpad does not forget about old version numbers.

For context, the new ITP is https://bugs.debian.org/860055

Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha