Hi tarzeau, as promised here's the policy violation details for this RFS. Despite the length, thank you for working on this, it seems to be a fun collection.
> §10.1 https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-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 “alternatives” or the “Conflicts” mechanism. A different /usr/games/ PATH is not sufficient, nor is a Conflicts since the sos game bears no functional resemblance to the sos report command introduced as of bullseye. It is unclear to me whether this also applies to non-PATH executable filenames such as /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/pipes from xscreensaver-gl. Conflicting names appear to be handled on a first-come first-served basis for new packages and only go to tech-ctte if an unresolvable situation occurs after initial upload. Therefore, I believe sos must be renamed to comply with policy. > §7.4 > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-conflicts > Be aware that adding Conflicts is normally not the best solution when > two packages provide the same files... > > Having similar functionality or performing the same tasks as another > package is not sufficient reason to declare Breaks or Conflicts with > that package. Similar functionality: * fifteen (sgt-puzzles) * mines (sgt-puzzles) * sudoku (sudoku) It is reasonable for a user to want to have all of sgt-puzzles, nbsdgames and kdegames (using a k prefix) installed simultaneously and play different subsets of the games available. This also allows the user to pick their favourite implementation where multiple exist. Given all this, I suggest you adopt a universal prefix for all the games, perhaps "nb-"? On the other hand, it might be worth preserving tab completion with a suffix instead, in which case no harm with a full "-nbsdgames". Additionally manpages are a "should" in §12.1 and there is interest from users, so please either write them or remember to open a request in the BTS. https://github.com/abakh/nbsdgames/issues/9 I'm working off Upload #6 from mentors and it still fails to build due to permission denied, this time with chown rather than cp. > dh_fixperms > chown root:games debian/nbsdgames/usr/games/* > chown: changing ownership of 'debian/nbsdgames/usr/games/battleship': > Operation not permitted
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