Bug#389163: How to handle filename conflict "aleph" (Packages aleph, tetex-bin, texlive-bin)?

[Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>]

On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 10:13:58AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> This however does not solve the name clash with Aleph.  So I think there
> are three possibilities (repeating here what Frank already said
> somewhat):

> 1) Leave things alone, and ignore the problem.  This, it seems to me,
> requires some kind of go-ahead from the release team.

I don't see any reason that this would be appropriate here; I can't see why
aleph should be a special exception to a release-critical requirement that
has been clearly stated in policy for years.

> 2) Drop aleph.  This would be warranted if it were of no use any longer,
> or if it were buggy.  But the *only* bug against Aleph is the name clash
> with TeX, so there is no independent reason to prefer this solution.
> The question remains, however, whether the current version has any use,
> and I simply don't know the answer to that.  If it does, then, as I
> said, I'm happy to maintain it.

> 3) Retain aleph, and change the name of the binary in one package or the
> other.  If we don't do (2), and the release team is not happy with (1),
> then this is obviously the right course.  I don't care at all which
> program's name is changed or what it's changed to.  What are the pros
> and cons?

Sounds like this is the way to go.

Cheers,
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