Bug#476707: Requesting removal of aterm from Debian?

[Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>]

Hi Ryan,

Ryan Kavanagh wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 03:54:02PM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote:
> > So if we decide to remove aterm from Debian, I suggest to create a
> > transitional package containing a symlink /usr/bin/aterm to urxvt and
> > a dependency on rxvt-unicode, likely being built from the rxvt-unicode
> > source package. (Cc'ing the rxvt-unicode maintainers.)
> 
> So to my understanding, you would like the rxvt-unicode source package
> to provide a transitional aterm binary package which depends on
> rxvt-unicode and provides the appropriate symlink?

Yes, that's my suggestion for a smooth transition in case, aterm gets
removed.

> I don't have any objections to this. If it's the path you decide to
> take, let me know and I'll take care of it.

Thanks for the offer. Will let you know.

		Regards, Axel
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