Re: unix2dos/dos2unix no longer included in tofrodos 1.7.8.debian.1-2

[Jeppe Øland <uxorious@acon.dezign.dk>]

>> The question is: Are there any plans of actually introducing the
>> dos2unix package?
>> (it would have been nice if it was introduced when the links were
>> removed)
>
> Maybe were removed because upstream package has also "renamed" those
> packages:
>
> dos2unix -> fromdos
> unix2dos -> todos
>
> So, it looks like a simple "renaming". Are you lacking any features? :-?

I'm not sure I understand you.

The "tofrodos" package implements the conversion utilities, and until
the latest version installed symlinks for commonly used names for
these functions.
In the latest version, the symlinks were removed, and now everybody
has to manually make symlinks or aliases - which is not convenient.

The release notes for the latest version reads:

> tofrodos (1.7.8.debian.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
>  * Change maintainer name
>  * Drop dos2unix and unix2dos symlinks, to allow introduction of original
>    dos2unix package. (remove dh_link call and add NEWS about that)

This very much implies that a new package (with similar/identical
functionality but different name) will be introduced.

What I'm missing is that package.

Regards,
-Jeppe