Downgrading OpenSceneGraph in rawhide?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to downgrade a package or replace a package with an older
> version in rawhide without having to bump the epochs?
> 
> 
> Background
> 
> Short version:
> 
> I plan to replace OpenSceneGraph-2.0 with OpenSceneGraph-1.x and to add
> a OpenSceneGraph2 package in rawhide (similar to what gtk did during the
> gtk-1 -> gtk-2 transition), due to other packages still carrying deps on
> OpenSceneGraph-1.x
> 

Couldn't you introduce a package named OpenSceneGraph1-x.y? It would be 
inconsistent with the packaging naming prevalent in the repository but 
it can be a way to avoid disrupting the existing packages and 
introducing epochs.

Rahul