On 2015-02-15 12:46:15, Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 07:45:14PM -0400, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
>> So I doubt we can coninve Joey to fix this problem the way we are
>> proposing now, but it's possible.
>>
>> If someone wants to go forward here, there would need to be a set of
>> patches that would create conflicting binary packages for both that will
>> divert /usr/bin/parallel. A patch on ikiwiki-hosting to depend on
>> moreutils-parallel would also then be necessary.
>
> Is dpkg-divert a strict requirement? Would alternatives suffices (e.g. like
> netcat does)?
No, because the commandline interface is different and would break
packages.
>> Then we send this to the moreutils and gnu parallel maintainers to see
>> if they would accept the fix, and we can simply NMU it.
>>
>> But the main problem, to restate what Joey has said here, is time: it
>> takes time to do that work and unless someone steps up to help the
>> maintainers patiently to clear things up, things will stay as they
>> currently are.
>
> true, I am willing to give it a shot but we're probably far too late in the
> release cycle to get this into jessie (won't be wasted work anyway tho!)
Indeed.
A>
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