Re: Updating the policy for conflicting binaries names ? [was: Re: Re: New package netgen-lvs with binary /usr/bin/netgen - already taken]
On 2018-09-08, Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org> wrote:
>> Two different packages must not install programs with different
>> functionality but with the same filenames.
>>
> I think the policy should be changed.
> It was possible to accommodate that when the archive was a few thousand packages.
> Or am I missing a key reason for this?
If we allow conflicts in this case, we disallow users to use both tools
at the same time.
And on multiple-users machines, it is kind of a random what tool they
actually get when they invoke a binary.
I think that is a disservice to our users.
Suddenly getting a sudo clone invoked when you want your build to build
fast is kind of .. suprising.
/Sune
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