Hi again, Patrick Ouellette wrote:
> I completely agree, but apparently Node.js' upstream has changed the name > once previously (apparently from a similar problem) and while acknowledging > the name is generic and a poor choice refuses to consider another change. > (According to what I can tell from the Debian discussion. I have not > talked to Node.js upstream personally.) The working title of Node.js was "server" for a few weeks, before anyone was using it. When I looked that up in order to understand what the name "node" was about (in the spirit of [1]) I mentioned this factoid without making the context sufficiently clear, and I'm sorry about that[2]. To avoid banging heads against the wall too quickly: I think there are two aspects that it would be productive to discuss: 1. Which package should use the name "node" in the long term? What can we do to ensure that happens eventually? (My answer is that I hope that neither uses the name "node" in the long term.) 2. What should be the state in Debian's upcoming "wheezy" release to provide a smooth upgrade path and not surprise users too much? (My answer is that configuration needs to be smoothly migrated: - ax25d.conf by the ax25-tools package - inetd configuration by the node package - other configuration by the sysadmin, after they are notified through a note in node's NEWS.Debian file (shown by apt-listchanges) and the release notes I also would hope that wheezy can include a /usr/sbin/node file that prints a message to help people notice they are still using it and calls /usr/sbin/axnode, but that is still under discussion. Likewise, the Node.js needs some migration to ensure scripts installed by Debian packages and from outside use the new name. I would hope that wheezy can include a /usr/bin/node synonym for compatibility until usage of it fades away, but that is still under discussion.) If you disagree with the long-term goal or have ideas for a smoother migration, that could be useful. Hope that helps, Jonathan [1] http://wiki.debian.org/WhyTheName [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/11/msg00377.html _______________________________________________ Pkg-javascript-devel mailing list Pkg-javascript-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-javascript-devel