On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 04:43:45PM +0100, Jörg Behrmann wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 02:57:47PM +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > > How important is `exch`? Is it a tool that is really essential, and > > should thus be in the "util-linux" package, which is installed on > > each and every Debian installation? > > > > I've been avoiding adding new stuff to "util-linux" to avoid > > bloating it even more. > > > > Can it land in util-linux-extra, which is at least only > > pseudo-Essential? Or some other package, like bsdutils or > > bsdextrautils (not the best names)? > > > > It could in principle also go to util-linux-extra, but it would be a nice > addition in the default set. Looking at other distros, Arch, CentOS 10 Stream > (and therefore once it trickles down its downstreams RHEL, Alma und Rocky), > and > openSUSE Tumbleweed ship it by default.
I have to say I don't understand why this is not just a mode of operation of mv(1). >From my PoV nothing new should go into bin:util-linux, and almost everything should move out of it. I'll put exch into -extra. Chris
