Chris Hofstädtler <[email protected]> writes: > for a very long time we have the "netcat-openbsd" package. In the > past, src:netcat provided a "netcat" binary package, but it was > renamed (with a long-standing, now removed, transitional package) to > "netcat-traditional". [snip] > This package contains the OpenBSD rewrite of netcat, including support for > IPv6, proxies, and Unix sockets. > > > Yet netcat-traditional is still Priority: standard, and thus the > one included in normal installs. > > I would like to see the Priority fields to be switched, so: > netcat-openbsd becomes Priority: standard > netcat-traditional becomes Priority: optional > > What does everyone think?
I'm not an authority in any way, but will this replacement break
anyone's workflows like changing net-tools to iproute2 did? For what
it's worth, moving netcat-traditional to netcat-openbsd felt much more
manageable to me than net-tools to iproute2 (which I still do not use
95% of the time)...
Option 3 may also be worth considering:
Simply drop netcat-traditional to Priority:optional, because:
# apt install netcat
Package netcat is a virtual package provided by:
netcat-openbsd 1.229-1
netcat-traditional 1.10-50
You should explicitly select one to install.
> NB: netcat-traditional currently FTBFS.
and at least two people still care about the package :)
Regards,
Nicholas
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