Re: No reasonable solution

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
> Regarding conflicts like that between "slang-slirp" and "slirp".
> (see recent bugs filed by Michael Ablassmeier <abi@grinser.de>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?submitter=abi@grinser.de
> ).
> 
> I feel that this a currently an area not addressed by policy
> sufficiently well.
> 
> Assume that:
> 
> 1. There are substantial sized communities within and outside Debian that
> for each of the binaries named "/usr/bin/slirp" (which provide
> entirely different functions).
> 
> 2. That it is quite possible for someone to want the functionality of
> both programs on one installation. (For example, for different users
> of one system).

Well, in this case the solution is quite obvious:
slang-slirp was never part of a stable release so far, while slirp was even
included in woody. Plus, slang-slirp has only a single voting popcon user,
so the usr/bin/slirp from slang-slirp should be renamed.

Cheers,
        Moritz