Bug#1053575: RFS: ruby-mdl/0.13.0-4 -- Markdown lint tool
> What is wrong with just adding mdl as a new binary package in the existing source package?
By the conventions of the Ruby team,[1] the name `ruby-mdl` conveys the idea
the binary provides only a library. For them, the binary however provides an
application conventionally named without the prefix `ruby-`; hence their
recommendation to rename both the binary as well as files in the pristine-tar
branch.[2]
Was the collection of mdl "as new" into a separate folder and eventual pristine
git repository (without the trouble of ruby-mdl history) an error on my side?
I thought the simultaneous presence of some files "ruby-mdl*.*" and of files
"mdl*.*" (and perhaps some not yet correctly renamed ones) confusing and hence
opted-in for what appeared to me to be a clean cut.
[1] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Ruby/Packaging/Conventions
[2] Antonio Terceiro, October 07, 2023
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