On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 04:20:47PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Bill Allombert wrote: > > On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 02:12:22PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > >> Policy also states that different packages must not install commands > >> with different functionality with the same name. > > > > Such packages would have to Conflicts anyway, and gratuituous conflict > > must be avoided. This is not a waivable requiremrent. > > As a strawman example, here is what I was thinking of when I asked that: > > nodejs package adds a "nodejs" command which behaves exactly like "node" > in Debian (this has already been done) and upstream (working on it).
IMHO, /usr/bin/node is much too generic a name to be in any package. Cheers, -- Bill. <[email protected]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120503095130.GB6273@yellowpig
