Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes: > I'm disappointed to see this is still rumbling on. There is only one > correct solution, and it is this:
>> In the long term, I would be happiest if both were renamed. I won't reiterate the arguments that I've already made on debian-devel, but will mention here for those who haven't been following that discussion that I think I disagree. Based on the information that I currently have (and this has been changing over the course of the discussion), I think Node.js should (eventually, with a suitable transition) have the name node, since the use of it in the ham radio package is as an inetd-invoked daemon and the renaming there doesn't have much impact. (It's a system interface, but not really a user interface.) It's interesting that Fedora has nodejs, and I think we should also provide nodejs and encourage people to use that name, but I think it would be best for our users to also provide node. I also think the current Policy suggestion to rename both programs in the event of an unreconciled naming conflict is not a very good idea, and think it should change to instead list the Technical Committee as the decision-maker of last resort. Renaming both programs is likely to be the right move only in cases where both programs are pretty obscure and fairly new. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
