[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Binaries with the same name



Il giorno Sat, 9 Feb 2008 20:28:23 +0100
sean finney <seanius@debian.org> ha scritto:

> hi,

Hi,

> On Saturday 09 February 2008 07:48:08 pm David Paleino wrote:
> > Is this the Right Way to behave? And what if <anibal> doesn't reply to that
> > bug? Should I file my RFS nevertheless, thus expecting a RC bug filed?
> > Should I rename my binary (and to what? "translate-generic"?!)?
> 
> while i don't have any specific knowledge or interest in the details of this 
> particular problem, i'd just add since you haven't mentioned it as an 
> alternative that you could always Conflict with the package in question while 
> waiting for a resolution.

That seems like a last-resort to me. I believe that both packages could
cohexist -- yet they might have kinda the same functionalities for
german-speaking users. But I don't want to force people to choose, if there's
no valid reason. Again, I'll wait, but if Anibal doesn't show up I believe I'll
add a Conflicts:.

Thank you for this pointer :)

David

-- 
 . ''`.  Debian maintainer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino
 : :'  : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/
 `. `'`  GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://snipr.com/qa_page
   `-   2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: PGP signature


Reply to: