From Paul's comments, it seems to me that there is no need for the current Aleph it's been replaced, and it's three years old. I have no opinion about whether it ought to be dropped from Debian. Paul also explains that AFNIX replaced Aleph, and should not be thought of as just a new version with a name change. I had misunderstood. Given his explanation, we should think of AFNIX and Alpha as two different entities I think. That means that Paul should continue with AFNIX, I think, and continue learning; there isn't any hue and cry I know of asking for AFNIX to be in Debian right away, so I see no reason he shouldn't just continue as he has been. 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. 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? Thomas
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