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Bug#433143: ITP: bzr-rebase -- Rebase plugin for Bazaar



On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:19:59 +1000, Robert Collins
<robertc@robertcollins.net> said:  

>  * rename the 'bazaar' package to 'baz' - both source and binary,
>    though binary is the key one. This is because it is no longer the
>    recommended  tool from the 'Bazaar VCS Project' rather it is
>    deprecated. Its useful  for conversions to bzr though, so keeping
>    it as 'baz' is good. 

        That is not the only use for it. bzr is an inplementation of
 Arch, and there are people who have not bought the 'Bazaar VCS Project'
 koolaid, and still prefer Arch to the new VCS.

>  * Create a 'bazaar' package which is a metapackage depending on bzr,
> recommending key plugins, and suggesting others.

        This would be a bug.  While I understand you prefer the bzr VCS
 over Arch, I see no justification for imposing your likes and dislikes
 over users happily using baz as their version control system.  I would
 be most annoyed if baz would have been replaced by bzr on my systems if
 the sysadmin dude did not notice the change.

        A note in NEWS.Debian about your preferred VCS would be OK, I
 suppose, but please come up with a bewtter upgrade plan for current
 users of baz.

        manoj
-- 
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at
least until we've finished building it.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/>
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