I believe that this can be resolved in a way that satisfies everyone:
1) GNU parallel is packaged as gnu-parallel
2) the moreutils parallel implementation is separated into its own package:
moreutils-parallel
3) both gnu-parallel and moreutils-parallel Provide parallel
4) moreutils depends on parallel
5) moreutils-parallel is the default provider of parallel, as this is what users
have come to expect
This solution offers much utility, with only a relatively small amount of
hassle. I believe it resolves all the issues that have been raised:
* Both implementations of parallel are available, and named in a mostly obvious
way
* Either implementation of parallel is able be installed alongside moreutils
* Existing scripts should not break, as users who want simply want what they've
come to expect from moreutils will continue to get that by default.
* moreutils continues to be available to other distributions in a safe,
no-breakage way
* This is a somewhat flexible solution that can be applied to similar conflicts
in the future
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