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For a variety of reasons it may become necessary to rename a package in Fedora. The goal of this page is to outline the process that must be followed when such an event occurs.
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== Re-review required ==
 
When you wish to rename a package, you '''MUST''' request a re-review of your package through the [[Package Review Process|normal review process]]. In this review request, you '''MUST''' state that this is a re-review request for a package rename, and the old package name that this is replacing.
 
The reviewer of the package '''MUST''' explicitly acknowledge this fact, and check the package for the proper Obsoletes (see [[Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Renaming.2Freplacing_existing_packages|the naming guidelines]] for more information.)  They '''MUST'''  document in the review request that they have done so.
 
== After the review ==
 
After the review is completed, and is satisfactory (for the avoidance of doubt, the lack of a clean upgrade path for users of the package in the form of proper Provides and Obsoletes is considered a blocker to the review), request git for the package as you normally would for a new package.
 
After the new package is imported into git, you can then follow the [[How to remove a package at end of life|package retirement process]] for the old package.
 
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