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Asked by Raffaele Forte

I created a new account (raffaele.forte) and a new team (backbox-linux). I would like to close my old account (backbox) and use the same old ID (backbox) as the account name of the new team. is it possible?

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j.c.sackett (jcsackett) said : 		#1

It is possible, however doing so will destroy the PPAs associated with backbox.

You can merge your old account (backbox) into your current one (raffaele.forte) by logging in as raffaele.forte and going to https://launchpad.net/people/+requestmerge. Enter backbox as the account you wish to merge.

This will destroy the PPAs associated with backbox--you can recreate them for the approrpiate account after merging. You should then be able to change the team name to backbox.

The existance of PPAs on the backbox account are why you could not simply change the name of backbox to something else to free the name up for the team.

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Raffaele Forte (raffaele.forte) said : 		#2

ok thanks for the reply but I want to make sure we make some mistakes and lost my old id. I repeat ...

1. logging in as "raffaele.forte" and enter "backbox" as the account to merge. (This destroys the old repository "ppa:backbox/one", "ppa:backbox/backbox" etc.).
2. change the team name "backbox-linux" to "backbox"
3. recreate the repository like the previous one "ppa:backbox/one"
4. upload the packages

it is right?

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Curtis Hovey (sinzui) said : 		#3

I am not certain what will happen with the PPA. The comment in the code says a person can have only one. This is not true, so I doubt the rest of the rules are true. I think merge will try to move the ppas to the master profile. That means no work for you. If the PPAs are in the way, you will need to delete them yourself.

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Raffaele Forte (raffaele.forte) said : 		#4

I'm confused

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Curtis Hovey (sinzui) said : 		#5

Delete your ppas, then start the merge, then do the rename, then create new ppas.

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Best j.c.sackett (jcsackett) said : 		#6

Essentially you were correct. Here's your list with some modifications.

1. Log in as "raffaele.forte" and enter "backbox" as the account to merge.
1. a) This may just destroy the PPAs.
1 b) The PPAs may be transferred to the account requesting merge (i.e. raffaele.forte)
1 c) The merge may be blocked by the existence of the PPAs, in which case you will need to delete them manually
2. Change the team name "backbox-linux" to "backbox"
3. Recreate the PPAs on whichever account you wish to own them.

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Raffaele Forte (raffaele.forte) said : 		#7

Thanks j.c.sackett, that solved my question.