diff -Naurp geeqie.orig/debian/changelog geeqie/debian/changelog
--- geeqie.orig/debian/changelog	2009-03-21 11:21:05.000000000 +0000
+++ geeqie/debian/changelog	2009-03-21 11:24:01.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+geeqie (1:1.0~alpha3-4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * GQview is going to removed from debian in favour for geeqie as its
+    successor. Therefore, adding a transitional package for gqview.
+
+ -- Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>  Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:22:00 +0100
+
 geeqie (1.0~alpha3-4) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Cristian Greco ]
diff -Naurp geeqie.orig/debian/control geeqie/debian/control
--- geeqie.orig/debian/control	2009-03-21 11:21:05.000000000 +0000
+++ geeqie/debian/control	2009-03-21 11:25:43.000000000 +0000
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, geeqie-common (= ${source:Version})
 Recommends: libjpeg-progs
 Suggests: gimp, xpaint, geeqie-dbg
+Conflicts: gqview (<< 1:1.0)
+Replaces: gqview
 Description: image viewer using GTK+
  Geeqie is a browser for graphics files offering single click viewing of
  your graphics files. It includes thumbnail view, zoom, filtering
@@ -61,3 +63,12 @@ Description: debug symbols for Geeqie
  want to stick with GQview for now.
  .
  This package contains the debugging symbols.
+
+Package: gqview
+Architecture: all
+Depends: geeqie
+Description: image viewer using GTK+ (transitional package)
+ Package to ease upgrading from older gqview packages to the new geeqie package.
+ .
+ This package can be purged at anytime once the geeqie package has been
+ installed.