Dear Michele,
On May 26 2014, Michele Orru` wrote:
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> at the moment, the package parallel/testing conflicts with moreutils/testing,
> as
> both are shipping the binary /usr/bin/parallel. There's no need for such
> conflict; in wheezy for example, moreutils' parallel is located in
> parallel.moreoutils.
>
> I'm dropping down here some fragments of the discussion I've had on
> #debian-next. Hope they might be useful for you.
> <babilen> moreutil's parallel should have just been replaced by the GNU
> version,
> but that discussion is *old*
> <themill> (in wheezy, parallel just diverts /usr/bin/parallel.moreutils)
> <themill> It would be appropriate to file a bug against parallel here --
> there's no need for that conflict and I don't believe that policy
> permits ot
>
> If there's any way I could help fixing this, I would be glad to offer my
> help.
Thank you for your help. The problems with GNU parallel vs moreutil's
parallel are indeed old as you know.
And these problems are not technical ones, but social ones, which I "fixed"
(actually, worked around) via conflicts clause.
Given the state of the discussions at the time when I decided that the
conflicts was the path of least resistance and that I am sincerely not sure
how things have evolved, I would, yes, appreciate your help with the social
side of things.
BTW, be warned that in current versions of parallel (which I have not yet
packaged, but will soon) the compatibility option with moreutils was pending
to be removed or is removed already, which would make things even harder.
Thanks for your interest and yes, I do appreciate help here.
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