Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium
>>>>> "Thorsten" == Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> writes:
Thorsten> Hi,
>> * Restore /usr/bin/node following CTTE #862051 Let's try to drop
>> /usr/bin/nodejs before buster. Replaces and Conflicts
>> nodejs-legacy. Closes: #754462.
Thorsten> please do NOT completely replace an ABI between releases.
Thorsten> Leave /usr/bin/nodejs there for at least one more release.
I agree.
Even if you get everything in Debian fixed, you won't know about user
scripts that have been designed around what Debian does.
Giving people a release to deal with transitions is a great thing to do
when there's no good reason not to.
Maintaining a symlink for a release seems a low cost.
For that matter I really can't see a good reason to ever drop the
symlink.
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