OoO En ce début d'après-midi nuageux du lundi 07 novembre 2011, vers
14:42, Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> disait :
> 2a. Likewise the maintainer of "nodejs" should prepare a version
> of the package where the "node" binary is called "nodejs".
As Patrick said earlier in the thread that not enough members seem to
care about this, I add my voice here: node from node.js is often used in
shebang while node from AX25 is not. Having a "nodejs" binary will
cause many difficulties to our users.
What if the problem was raised ten years ago about Python for
example. What an horrible mess it would be today if the python binary
was called "python-py" or "python-script".
See how communities may react to this. Ruby community does not like our
packaging just because we enforce stability over freshness. What would
think node.js community if we are using /usr/bin/nodejs instead of
/usr/bin/node. Debian would be listed as a black sheep in every FAQ or
tutorial and users will be invited to just install some non official
package or use the source.
Patrick seems OK for both binaries to be renamed. I don't see the
rationale of not accepting that node.js keeps the "node" name.
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