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 > >> > > >> > -- > >> > 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. > [email protected] > > -- > 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. 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