Package: mlocate X-Debbugs-Cc: d...@gnui.org Version: 1.1.13-1 Severity: normal
## Dear mlocate maintainer,
as of now mlocate is a transitional package to plocate. In other words, during
release upgrade locate upgrades from mlocate to plocate.
To the best of my understanding of Debian best practices, this is acceptable if
either (a) a new package is a better drop-in replacement for an old one, (b) an
old package is not passable anymore due to security bugs, that are not going to
be fixed, or something like that.
Unfortunately, plocate is not a complete replacement, let aside being drop-in:
mlocate(1) (unless `-A` switch is given) interprets pattern list as subject to
OR, plocate(1) does not support OR-mode at all, only AND.
Sudden change of basic logic is definitely not what is expected from a mere
upgrade from one version to the next one.
I do not see any severe bugs in mlocate either.
So, please bring it back to Debian.
## Dear plocate developer,
even if there are no plans to implement OR-mode (I fully agree, that it is not
as useful as AND-mode), why does not plocate(1) accept `-A` switch as a no-op,
but fails with an error instead?
$ plocate -A foo bar
plocate: invalid option -- 'A'
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Versions of packages mlocate depends on:
ii plocate 1.1.13-1
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