I mean, at some point someone's gonna ask why all the scripts with #!/usr/bin/env node don't work at some point in the future, and we're gonna have a big thread about whether Deblian made the right choice and how everyone on linux should just compile from source anyway.
Might as well cross that bridge when we come to it. --Josh On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > >> > -- >> > I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended >> > up where I needed to be. >> > -- Douglas Adams _The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul_ >> > >> > http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Carl Fürstenberg >> > >> > -- >> > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> > Posting guidelines: >> > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "nodejs" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > <signature.asc> >> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Joshua Holbrook Head of Support Nodejitsu Inc. 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