Fwd: Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux
Dear Chris,
Thanks for your contributions to the discussion of Bug 1003653. Here's a
copy of the Technical Committee's decision on the question; if you've
got any questions about any of this, please let us know.
Thanks,
Matthew
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Subject: Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package
util-linux
Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:45:01 +0000
Resent-From: Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>
Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org
Resent-CC: Technical Committee <debian-ctte@lists.debian.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:41:46 +0100
From: Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>
Reply-To: Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>, 1003653@bugs.debian.org
To: 1003653@bugs.debian.org
On 20/04/2022 15:31, Matthew Vernon wrote:
I hereby call for a vote on the following ballot. Unless a TC member
objects to calling for a vote, voting lasts for a week, or until the
result is no longer in doubt.
The voting period is over.
===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; they are designed to meet different needs.
Backwards-compatibility (and the lack of a compelling argument that
rename from util-linux should replace 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 A
The Technical Committee overrides the util-linux maintainer, and
requires that util-linux's rename should be shipped as
/usr/bin/rename.ul in a binary package built from src:util-linux. The
package containing rename.ul must not conflict with the rename package
nor divert /usr/bin/rename.
===End Resolution A
Resolution A wins, with 7 first preference votes (and no other votes).
Regards,
Matthew
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