I assume we can all move on and ignore this.

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Mikeal Rogers <[email protected]>wrote:

> Finally, a triumph of process and committee over usability.
>
> Well done. *slow clap*
>
> -Mikeal
>
> On Jul 12, 2012, at July 12, 20122:41 PM, Carl Fürstenberg wrote:
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Don Armstrong <[email protected]>
> > Date: Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:59 PM
> > Subject: [CTTE #614907] Resolution of node/nodejs conflict
> > To: [email protected]
> >
> >
> >
> > === Resolution ===
> > The Technical Committee reaffirms the importance of preventing namespace
> > collisions for programs in the distribution, while recognizing that
> > compatibility with upstreams and with previous Debian releases is also
> > important and that sometimes an imperfect balance must be struck between
> > these three goals.
> >
> > The Committee therefore resolves that:
> >
> > 1. The nodejs package shall be changed to provide /usr/bin/nodejs, not
> >   /usr/bin/node.  The package shall declare a Breaks: relationship with
> any
> >   packages in Debian that reference /usr/bin/node.
> > 2. The nodejs source package shall also provide a nodejs-legacy binary
> >   package at Priority: extra that contains /usr/bin/node as a symlink to
> >   /usr/bin/nodejs.  No package in the archive may depend on or recommend
> >   the nodejs-legacy package, which is provided solely for upstream
> >   compatibility.  This package shall also declare a Conflicts:
> relationship
> >   with the node package.
> > 3. The node source package shall rename its binary to
> /usr/sbin/ax25-node,
> >   and its binary package to ax25-node.
> > 4. The node source package shall continue to build a transitional 'node'
> >   binary package for compatibility with deployed Debian installations,
> >   which provides /usr/sbin/node as a symlink to /usr/sbin/ax25-node.
>  This
> >   package shall declare a reciprocal Conflicts: relationship with the
> >   nodejs-legacy package.  Other packages may reference the 'node' package
> >   as a dependency or recommendation, but are encouraged to transition to
> >   'ax25-node'.
> > 5. The maintainers of these packages are required to implement the above
> >   changes immediately in unstable.  Failing that, the Technical Committee
> >   reserves the right to NMU to implement these changes.
> > 6. Once the above changes are implemented, the packages shall be
> considered
> >   suitable for release with respect to the Debian policy on conflicting
> >   packages.
> >
> > === End Resolution ===
> >
> > Please see http://bugs.debian.org/614907 for the background and
> discussion.
> >
> >
> > Don Armstrong
> >
> > --
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> > up where I needed to be.
> > -- Douglas Adams _The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul_
> >
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> >
> >
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