Bug#825809: unclutter alternatives
Hi,
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:35:02PM +1000, Scott Leggett wrote:
> I have filed an ITP for "unclutter-xfixes"[0] - a reimplementation of
> the "unclutter" package, using a different X API.
Oh, you're faster than me. :-)
I only recently heard of unclutter-xfixes (shortly before its 1.1
release) and was looking if migrating the unclutter package to it
would be an option. I also have a half-baked packaging for
unclutter-xfixes, but didn't file an ITP since I wasn't yet sure if
I'd really package it.
So I'm actually very glad that someone else also has interest in
packaging unclutter-xfixes.
> A discussion on debian-mentors[1] led to the suggestion of using the
> alternatives system to allow both the "unclutter" and "unclutter-xfixes"
> packages to provide a version of the "unclutter" binary.
[...]
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2016/05/msg00732.html
If unclutter-xfixes is really that much better (which I'd expect due
to the age of unclutter), I'd rather make a transitional package from
unclutter to unclutter-xfixes and get rid of unclutter in the long run.
> As the maintainer of "unclutter",
Cc'ing Ian Jackson who volunteered for being the fallback maintainer
of the unclutter package.
> would you be open to using the alternatives system to allow both
> packages to share the same binary name?
Not really. :-)
> Otherwise I will just patch upstream to name the new binary
> "unclutter-xfixes".
Not necessary IMHO.
My plan was so far:
1) Package unclutter-xfixes with an unclutter transitional package and
upload to experimental first. That way, people who use unclutter
can test unclutter-xfixes to see if anything needs to be fixed
there to make unclutter-xfixes a drop-in replacement for unclutter.
2) When being mature, upload unclutter-xfixes to unstable.
3) Remove unclutter source package from Debian Unstable.
Do you have the packaging somewhere to review and to test
unclutter-xfixes on Debian?
If you haven't begun yet, I can give you what I have so far.
Regards, Axel
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