Background on why rng-tools-debian exists:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rng-tools/+bug/1333293
Basically, Debian carried massive delta against upstream for years which
was never merged but which is so crucial many users rely on it, and
upstream’s version comes nowhere near its functionality. If one doesn’t
need these features (or has a modern/high-bitrate HWRNG) one’s better
with upstream’s 5.x/6.x version, otherwise one must use rng-tools-debian
instead. This “castling move” was recommended to me in that bugreport
linked.
tl;dr: Yes, we do need both.
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rng-tools: should become a transitional package, like in Debian, but
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