Hi Daniel, Quoting Jérémy Lal (2016-10-21 09:05:04) > 2016-10-21 7:24 GMT+02:00 Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org>: > > On 21-10-16 06:55, Daniel Lo Nigro wrote: > > > Given the amount of complexity stemming from Debian renaming this > > > binary and the fact that it breaks parts of the Node.js ecosystem, > > > is there any chance it will be renamed back to "node" in the > > > future, or for /usr/bin/node to be symlinked to /usr/bin/node > > > (perhaps using the update-alternatives system to allow the user to > > > choose whether they want to symlink nodejs or ax25-node, in case > > > they have both installed)? > > > > In Debian, we have the package nodejs-legacy which provides the > > symlink you request. Please read the description. Apart from text > > describing fact that no official Debian package may depend on it, it > > also contains a link to the technical committee ruling on how this > > came about. As the ax25-node package still exist, I see no chance at > > all that the current situation will change. > > > > As ax25-node and nodejs don't provide the same functionality, using > > the update-alternaives system is not appropriate.
> if you're distributing yarn in the main debian archive, i believe the > right way to work around this is to "Suggest" nodejs-legacy in > debian/control. I disagree that above is the "right way" - here are the options you have as I see them: a) Continue to also support "nodejs" runtime * You may suggest (but not recommend or depend on) nodejs-legacy. * Must be usable (at least for a subset of cases) with "nodejs". b) Support only "node" runtime * You should depend on or recommend nodejs-legacy * Cannot be part of official Debian (but can be in contrib) c) Change ruling through the tech-ctte or a general solution vote * Will be a tiresome and long process * Will only become effective for next-next stable (i.e. in ~2019) * May further tear apart our communities rather than unite As I see it, the "right way from the POV of Debian is a), while from the POV of the Node.js community it is c). - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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