On 07/02/2011 09:47, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > (-cc: Julien. Julien, if you were interested and only read this > late through debian-bugs-rc, sorry about that. > +cc: n...@packages.debian.org) > > Hi Jérémy, > > Jérémy Lal wrote: > >> not having /usr/bin/node as nodejs binary path will without any >> doubt render nodejs package unuseful for a vast majority of users. > > One solution to this kind of namespace conflict used by some packages > is to put a binary or symlink someplace like > > /usr/lib/nodejs > > and ask the user to put it on $PATH if she likes it. > >> Package 0.2.0-1 explained in README.Debian it was the user responsibility >> to symlink /usr/local/bin/node to /usr/bin/nodejs, which does not solve >> the conflict with /sbin/node in any way > > Right. However, asking the user to symlink ~/bin/node to > /usr/bin/nodejs would half solve the problem. > > But the fundamental problem is independent of Debian. The bare name > "node" should be usable in scripts, but currently, such use does not > make it clear whether the packet radio program or node.js is meant. > In my opinion, the right solution is to get node.js and node upstream > to agree on what the name should mean. > > Yes, this could mean a renaming and unpleasant transition. Such is > life. :/
I discussed the /sbin/node name conflict with "ham radio maintainers", on debian-devel, with upstream nodejs, but totally forgot to ask upstream ax25, my bad. I'm going to do that now (infamously). Jérémy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
