> A user requested in Debian bug report #926637 > (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=926637) to include > rename.ul in Debian's alternatives system. The package maintainer replied: > > "The util-linux rename command does not implement the same (command line) > interface as the alternative(s) does, so it is not policy compliant to > add it as an alternative." > > As a result, the maintainer completely removed rename.ul from the package > util-linux without providing any further reference to this Debian policy.
That's a pretty surprising resolution of a bug asking to be able to use "rename" more easily. > Since the maintainer did not respond to any of the user arguments in the > above bug reports, I kindly request the technical committee to revise the > removal of rename.ul from the package util-linux, hoping that this removal > will be reversed. The removal happened in util-linux (2.35.2-5) on 25 Jun 2020, so it's already in stable (bullseye) which has 2.36.1-8. Not sure if fixing this now will unbreak any harm that has already been done, given that the bullseye release was already half a year ago. Christoph
