Bug#944028: ITP: git-delta -- A syntax-highlighting pager for git

[Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 11:29:15PM +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Hey Jonas :-)

Jonas, ping: any chance of uploading this?

> On Thu, 2022-11-17 at 18:45 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > What helps the most, and also seems possibly, is to name it
> > "delta" - just not right now - and with that long-term plan I think
> > it
> > is double confusing to introduce a _third_ name (since the name
> > "git-delta" has already been introduced by some downstreams).
> 
> Well the best would be if upstream could give another name, but if
> that's unlikely... this might be the best option.

The executable name is free.

> > Oke way you can help is to initiate the process of (attempting to) kick
> > out (or alternatively rename) current package "delta" from Debian.

> I'm not really sure whether I like this either. ;-)
> 
> I had a small look at the current "delta" package, and while the
> package is maintained by the QA group and the upstream website
> (http://delta.tigris.org/) named in the copyright file seems dead...
> the program might be still useful to some people... and it had the name
> first.

Its use is basically mandatory any time you submit a bug to gcc, thus
there's no chance it goes away -- even if indeed no one is stepping up
for full-time maintenance.  It's just code that works well enough, and
doesn't seem to require new upstream updates basically ever.

> Asking them now to rename,... well even if done politely, they may feel
> somehow obligated to do... or even drop the package at all, which I
> think would be bad.

A package rename would take at least a couple of Debian releases, thus
isn't something that works in a reasonable timeframe.

Thus, you'd need to upload as git-delta or such now, then maybe be able
to take over the name in the future...


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