Then a bump to the next (20110322) version in conjunction with a config file preset to contain by default the --tollef switch would be the solution to this.
The two utilities will be command-line compatible, dependent packages will not break and thus alternatives can be used, as they are appropriate for such a situation. I will leave the setting of priorities to a (far) more seasoned Debian developer than me (NB: after I discovered your gitweb I am a frequent visitor). Just state the values. regards George Zarkadas Στις 13-04-2011, ημέρα Τετ, και ώρα 16:26 -0400, ο/η Joey Hess έγραψε: > George Zarkadas wrote: > > -- In addition, the "alternatives" mechanism does not force any user to > > make any changes to his/her scripts (as a choice to rename one of the > > binaries would for the respective user group); they just set their > > preference and use their scripts as before. > > There are already packages in debian (well, in incoming) that use the > moreutils parallel and would be broken by this other package being > installed, unless its alternatives were lower priority. > > Anyhway, alternatives are not a viable solution to a problem of two > incompatable command-line utilities with the same name. >
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