reopen 529044 thanks On Sun, 17 May 2009 13:21:04 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > To: 529044-cl...@bugs.debian.org > Subject: Bug#529044: fixed in delta 2006.08.03-2 > Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 13:17:03 +0000 > From: Bradley Smith <bradsm...@debian.org> > Sender: Archive Administrator <d...@ries.debian.org> > Message-Id: <e1m5geh-0004m1...@ries.debian.org> [...] > delta (2006.08.03-2) unstable; urgency=low > . > * Add Conflicts with swap-cwm. Closes: #529044.
This is not a solution, these two programs do very different things and it should be possible to have both of them installed at the same time. As per the policy, renaming of one of the binaries is what should be done: Two different packages must not install programs with different functionality but with the same filenames. (The case of two programs having the same functionality but different implementations is handled via "alternatives" or the "Conflicts" mechanism. See Maintainer Scripts, Section 3.9 and Conflicting binary packages - Conflicts, Section 7.4 respectively.) If this case happens, one of the programs must be renamed. The maintainers should report this to the debian-devel mailing list and try to find a consensus about which program will have to be renamed. If a consensus cannot be reached, both programs must be renamed. -- Michał Politowski Talking has been known to lead to communication if practiced carelessly.
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