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My reading of that was that "rename" in that context meant "rename your package from Foo-1 to Foo-2", not come up with a completely brand-new name.

Mine too, eventually. I am surprised that the writer was unable to make even that very simple point clear.

I thought the author did a decent job - he had two examples (Rails-5 and Leftpad-17) that made the point pretty clearly.