Bug#862051: Allow nodejs to provide /usr/bin/node (draft resolution)

[Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org>]

Le mercredi, 19 juillet 2017, 21.35:33 h CEST Tollef Fog Heen a écrit :
> === DRAFT Resolution v2 ===
> 
> The Technical Committee recognises that circumstances change in ways
> that make previous resolutions no longer appropriate.  In 2012, it was
> resolved that the nodejs package should not provide /usr/bin/node due to
> the historical conflict with the ax25-node package.  Node.js is still
> quite popular and the ax25-node package is no longer in stable, testing
> or unstable so the requirement for nodejs to not provide /usr/bin/node
> no longer applies.
> 
> The Committee therefore resolves that:
> 
> 1. The CTTE decision from 2012-07-12 in bug #614907 is repealed.
> 
> This means Debian's normal policies and practices take over and the
> nodejs package is free to provide /usr/bin/node.  The migration should
> be managed according to Debian's usual backwards-compatibility
> arrangements.
> 
> === End DRAFT Resolution v2 ===

Thank you for that draft; we can vote on it as far as I'm concerned.

Cheers,
    OdyX