On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 09:35:35AM +0800, Yao Wei wrote: >... > I am currently considering doing it by moving all binaries of afdko from > /usr/bin to /usr/bin/afdko, and then creating another package > afdko-legacy, that, similar to node-legacy before node changed the name > to ax25-node, symlinks all binaries from /usr/bin/afdko back to > /usr/bin.
This was a one-time decision, it is not a general procedure. > This will decrease the mess of one package having multiple > binaries, and ensure the compatibility of font building scripts that > invokes afdko tx. Does it require CTTE agreement since afdko-legacy is > also in conflict with tx? >... Yes. Cases like node or git or chromium where a very popular new program (unintentionally) steals the name of a fringe program are rare. This looks like the common case where two fringe packages both use a far too generic name for a program, and the older package might have users using it with this name in stable releases. > Thanks, > Yao Wei cu Adrian
