# Changing the name of package during the registration waiting period?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-package-during-the-registration-waiting-period/132660
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** packages, general-registry
**Created:** [September 25, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-package-during-the-registration-waiting-period/132660 "2025-09-25T16:10:52Z")
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### Author:  [@myersm0](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/myersm0)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-package-during-the-registration-waiting-period/132660/1 "2025-09-25T16:10:53Z")
I found [this helpful topic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-a-package/14960) about changing the name of a package, but I have an additional question regarding the special case of changing a package name _during_ the registration process.
Here are the steps that have occurred in my case:
1. I triggered the registration process for my package
2. Two days into the three-day waiting period, I made a comment on the general registry PR in order to temporarily block the registration (because the package needs more work before it’s ready)
3. I also then decided on a better name for my package
My package name is fully changed now – I renamed the github repo, changed all instances of the old name, etc. I’m not yet ready to unblock the registration (more work to do), but when I am, what should I do? Unblock the registration and then submit a PR on METADATA.jl?
Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-package-during-the-registration-waiting-period/132660/2 "2025-09-25T17:40:52Z")
> [@myersm0](#):
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> found [this helpful topic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-a-package/14960) about changing the name of a package
That’s outdated.
Find up-to-date instructions in the README.md of the General registry:
- [General/README.md at master · JuliaRegistries/General · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General/blob/master/README.md)
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### Author:  [@myersm0](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/myersm0)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-package-during-the-registration-waiting-period/132660/3 "2025-09-25T17:53:44Z")
It doesn’t exactly say what to do in the case of changing during waiting-period-before-registration. However I think I can infer that what I should be doing is changing the UUID and then re-triggering the registration process, which, based on the following, should create a new PR: “you can’t rename a package once registered, as this would break existing users. But you can re-register the package again under a new name with a new UUID, which basically has the same effect.”
I will do that, thanks.
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### Author:  [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-the-name-of-package-during-the-registration-waiting-period/132660/4 "2025-09-25T19:01:04Z")
If the registration PR hasn’t been merged, the package doesn’t exist with respect to the General registry. Just block the PR, change name and re-register. You don’t strictly have to change the UUID in this scenario but it doesn’t hurt to do so. It’s helpful to the registry maintainers to leave a comment on the abandoned PR with a link to the new PR.