Bug#379982: Misuse of alternatives

2006-07-30 Thread Christian Aichinger
On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 07:27:03AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Christian Aichinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think that reasoning is flawed. gitfm offers a different > > functionality as git-scm. [...] > > gitfm should not be registered as the alternative. *sigh* I know. Sorry for not expressin

Bug#379982: Misuse of alternatives

2006-07-29 Thread MJ Ray
Christian Aichinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 11:06:08AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > Christian Aichinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Since that violates policy, the removal of /usr/bin/git > > > > As explained, I do not see why this violates policy, as the > > git shell

Bug#379982: Misuse of alternatives

2006-07-28 Thread Christian Aichinger
Sorry, I had written this before I saw your first reply to this bug. On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 11:06:08AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Christian Aichinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since that violates policy, the removal of /usr/bin/git > > As explained, I do not see why this violates policy, as the

Bug#379982: Misuse of alternatives

2006-07-28 Thread MJ Ray
Christian Aichinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since that violates policy, the removal of /usr/bin/git As explained, I do not see why this violates policy, as the git shell script offers the git-core functionality. What other way is there for a neat transition for stable users? > is documented

Bug#379982: Misuse of alternatives

2006-07-27 Thread Christian Aichinger
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:55:14AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > Package: git > Version: 4.3.20-8 > Severity: serious First, for those who aren't overwhelmed with the quality of Matthew's report, what this bug is about: git-core (Linus Torvalds' SCM) wants to ship /usr/bin/git, which was histori

Bug#379982: Misuse of alternatives

2006-07-26 Thread MJ Ray
Matthew Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quoted from policy: > 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 [...] I t

Bug#379982: Misuse of alternatives

2006-07-26 Thread Matthew Wilcox
Package: git Version: 4.3.20-8 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 10.1 10.1 Binaries 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