Michael Stone dixit:
> So the package that shouldn't have existed made it into buster, there's a
> ridiculous situation with 3 packages providing essentially the same
> functionality with minor differences and no practical way for a user to figure
> out which to install, and no movement on fixing this before the *next*
> release.
Yeah well, it exists now, and IIRC the strongest argument against
*this* package was the name.
In the meanwhile, the other packages both don’t provide needed
functionality, and *this* one has users beyond just me *and* works.
It’s also got fixes beyond what was in the others, and, while being
low-maintenance, I intend to take care about it. It’s here to stay
now.
But given it’s been in a stable release now, maybe it’s time to
retire rng-tools (not rng-tools5), maybe with a transitional package
migrating users over to either rng-tools5 or rng-tools-debian, taking
their configuration along, or just dropping it so it keeps working
for users who have it installed, but new users need to choose one of
the others. Incidentally, rng-tools is not in testing but rng-tools5
is, so the maintainer might wish to check whether there’s anything
left from the rng-tools package to take over.
bye,
//mirabilos
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<diogenese> Beware of ritual lest you forget the meaning behind it.
<igli> yeah but it means if you really care about something, don't
ritualise it, or you will lose it. don't fetishise it, don't
obsess. or you'll forget why you love it in the first place.
