Re: [Debian-astro-maintainers] glueviz_0.5.2+dfsg-1_amd64.changes ACCEPTED into unstable
Dmitry Shachnev <mitya57@debian.org> writes:
> On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 15:12:34 +0200, Ole Streicher wrote:
>> One comment on this: I think it is just too simple here to just add a
>> "Conflicts" here. Did you investigate the other optione?
>>
>> * Try to convince glue-sprite to change their Python package name. This
>> could work since their package seem to be used just internally.
>>
>> * Try to convince glueviz upstream to change their package name (to
>> glueviz?)
>>
>> Having two packages with the same name is at least very unfortunate.
>
> It is not just unfortunate, it is also a violation of Policy §10.1,
> which says:
>
> Two different packages must not install programs with different
> functionality but with the same filenames.
Strictly speacking, these are Python packages and not programs, so I was
not sure whether this applies here. Therefore I used the phrasing "at
least" :-)
Best
Ole
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