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Manual: adjust package renaming procedure

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<a id="pkg_rename"></a>
### Renaming a package
- Create empty package of old name, depending on new package. This is
- Create an empty subpackage of old name, depending on new package. This is
necessary to provide updates to systems where old package is already
installed. This should be a subpackage of new one, except when version
number of new package decreased: then create a separate template using
old version and increased revision.
installed. This should be a subpackage of new one. When the version
number of the transitional package decreases, add `reverts` entries to it.
- append `" (transitional dummy package)"` to the package's `short_desc`.
- Edit references to package in other templates and common/shlibs.
- Don't set `replaces=`, it can result in removing both packages from
systems by xbps.
- Set `replaces="old-name>=0` on the new package.
<a id="pkg_remove"></a>
### Removing a package