What was the other "node" that conflicted?

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Joshua Holbrook <[email protected]>wrote:

> 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
> >> >
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