On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 08:30:44PM -0500, Dan Davison wrote: > On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 at 22:31, Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 9:36 PM Dan Davison wrote: > > > > > Currently (FreeBSD, Rust Cargo, Arch Linux, Homebrew) the package name > > is "git-delta", which installs an executable named "delta". Can it do the > > same for Debian? > > > > There is one package already using that executable name: > > > > $ apt-file search bin/delta > > swap-cwm: /usr/bin/delta
> You might be right that my naming was suboptimal! Indeed, even the > git-prefixed package name isn't great because the syntax highlighter works > for unified diff in addition to git output. However, I'm not sure I'm ready > to make this breaking change for the existing users yet. Is it an option to > distribute it for now with the same name as it is currently distributed > under in ArchLinux, Homebrew, FreeBSD, Windows and Rust Cargo? I.e. > package: "git-delta" > executable: "delta" > Specifically, are either of the following options? > > 1. Package "git-delta" installing executable "delta" (install fail/denied > if user has the other package installed) > 2. Package "git-delta" installing executables "delta" and alias "git-delta" > (only the alias installed if "delta" exists?) Sorry, having an executable in $PATH named "delta" is not an option at all. Policy §10.1. Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ A MAP07 (Dead Simple) raspberry tincture recipe: 0.5l 95% alcohol, ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ 1kg raspberries, 0.4kg sugar; put into a big jar for 1 month. ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ Filter out and throw away the fruits (can dump them into a cake, ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ etc), let the drink age at least 3-6 months.
