Hello Christoph, * Christoph Berg <m...@debian.org> [220407 15:11]: > Re: Chris Hofstaedtler > > B) Finish the very old migration. Have util-linux(-extra) ship > > /usr/bin/rename; perl rename can be prename/file-rename as today, > > but would need to drop the update-alternatives symlink; versioned > > Conflicts/Provides/Replaces would probably be needed. I would also > > suggest having no binary package ship /usr/bin/rename for one > > release. > > What name would you use in util-linux-extra for the time of the one > release where no package ships /usr/bin/rename? /usr/bin/rename.ul > seems most sensible to me here, which would also match the status > before starting a migration.
I was not planning on doing that: stable already does not have /usr/bin/rename.ul. > > Personally I am leaning towards option A) - mostly because we > > are/were already spending a lot more time on mails than what I think > > the work of option B) would entail. Also I believe the CTTE does not > > want to do any of this fine grainted technical detail design work. > > We don't want to dictate *how* this should be resolved, but we are > interested in *having* it resolved, and A) isn't that. > > To me, the plausible way forward here seems to be this: > > * Reintroduce it as /usr/bin/rename.ul in util-linux-extra > * Have u-l-e be pseudo-essential for one release > * At this point the TC issue is resolved > * Potentially work with the perl-rename maintainers to transition to a > different layout of the two utilities. That's then indeed outside > the scope of the TC. Given rename.ul is not in stable (bullseye), I do not think we should do this. From a compatibility point of view, we do not win anything. At this point, we are more talking about shipping a new program in a new place, than continuing to ship an existing program. If we were talking about all of this before the stable release, I would be a lot more open about other options. But by now almost two years have passed since the change, and bullseye is out for ~ 9 months. I know we all want this TC issue to be resolved. But I do not want to end up shipping rename.ul indefinitely. Chris