Bug#992539: ITP: which-gnu -- Utility to show the full path of commands

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

Hi!

On Thu, 2021-08-19 at 16:50:48 -0400, Boyuan Yang wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> 
> * Package name    : which-gnu
>   Version         : 2.21
>   Upstream Author : Carlo Wood <carlo@gnu.org>
> * URL             : https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/which
> * License         : GPL-3+
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : Utility to show the full path of commands
> 
>  This package provides GNU implementation of which command.
>  This tool provides the functionality to show the full path
>  of commands.
> 
> This package comes as an alternative to the /usr/bin/which command as
> previously provided by debianutils. Please also refer to
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/08/msg00204.html for a background.
> Also check https://salsa.debian.org/debian/which-gnu/ for the git packaging
> repo.
> 
> My name is on lowNMU list so package co-maintenance is welcome. Feel free to
> let me know if you also would like to be listed as package uploader.

Could you instead namespace the program with a gnu or gnu- prefix? To
follow existing practice in the archive for GNU projects?

I'd also name both source and binary package as the same, to leave
room for alternative implementations.

Thanks,
Guillem