Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux
Hi,
Thanks to everyone for your contributions to this discussion. I think
we're at the point where voting is appropriate.
I propose a ballot as follows - if no-one suggests further options in
the mean time, I will call for a vote on this ballot on Tuesday, after
the weekend of public holidays.
===Rationale
There are two "rename" programs - the perl rename, and the util-linux
rename. Debian and its derivatives have shipped the perl rename as
/usr/bin/rename, whilst other distributions (e.g. Fedora) have shipped
the util-linux rename thus. The two implementations are incompatible.
Users might reasonably desire both implementations to be available on
the same system.
Backwards-compatibility (and the lack of a compelling argument that
util-linux's rename is significantly superior to the perl rename) means
that /usr/bin/rename in Debian should remain the perl rename.
Prior to bullseye, util-linux's rename was shipped as
/usr/bin/rename.ul; Debian's users who wish to use util-linux's rename
will expect it to be in this location.
===End Rationale
===Begin Resolution
The Technical Committee resolves that util-linux's rename should be
shipped in a binary package build from src:util-linux. If this package
Conflicts with the rename package, then it should not contain any other
binaries.
The Technical Committee overrides the util-linux maintainer, and
requires that this binary should be shipped as /usr/bin/rename.ul
===End Resolution
A: Approve resolution, including override of util-linux maintainer
B: Approve only first paragraph of resolution
N: None of the above
Regards,
Matthew
ps; my first TC resolution, please be gentle if I have the procedure wrong!
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