On 02/06/2025 3:24 pm, Anssi Saari wrote:
Federico Kircheis <feder...@kircheis.it> writes:
I could not find any information if something like the following has
already been proposed (and eventually rejected):
moreutils should also provide /usr/bin/parallel.moreutils, even if gnu
parallel is not installed(!)
gnu parallel should also provide /usr/bin/parallel.gnu
Currently gnu parallel calls dpkg-divert to rename the moreutils
provided binary and man page, if present. moreutils needs to do nothing
and nothing provides parallel.gnu. It's a simple case since apparently
only these two packages provide the parallel command. This setup seems
low effort for maintainers and low pollution for users.
Do you know other packages that do something similar?
What I've observed is that most packages use something like the
alternative mechanism, and the different executable are still available
under multiple names.
For example cc / gcc / gcc-14.
gcc-14 is always available (when you install gcc-14), you do not need to
install another gcc compiler.
