Bug#614907: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Node.js and it's future in debian

2012-05-08 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On 12-05-07 at 11:28pm, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 09:49:11PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > On 12-05-06 at 10:22am, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 03:07:27AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > > We have until now maintained Nodejs only in unstable be

Bug#614907: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Node.js and it's future in debian

2012-05-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 09:49:11PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On 12-05-06 at 10:22am, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 03:07:27AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > We have until now maintained Nodejs only in unstable because > > > requests to rename axnode was met with ei

Re: Node.js and it's future in debian

2012-05-06 Thread Carsten Hey
* Steve Langasek [2012-05-06 10:11 -0700]: > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 10:50:21PM +0200, Carsten Hey wrote: > > If nodejs is installed later because an other package depends on it or > > recommends it, this symlink would be overwritten by dpkg without any > > prior notice. > > No; one package install

Bug#614907: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Node.js and it's future in debian

2012-05-06 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Greetings, dear Debian developer, [replying via bugreport as I am not subscribed to tech-ctte@d.o] On 12-05-06 at 10:22am, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 03:07:27AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > We have until now maintained Nodejs only in unstable because > > requests to re

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Node.js and it's future in debian

2012-05-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 03:07:27AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > We have until now maintained Nodejs only in unstable because requests to > rename axnode was met with either silence or refusal with the reasoning > that axnode was more widely used in Debian than Nodejs. > Obviously Nodejs is n

Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Node.js and it's future in debian

2012-05-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 08:29:40AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > How about doing the following: > node package replaced by a node-legacy package that contains no more > than a README and a symlink node --> ax25-node, and depends on > ax25-node As mentioned by Carsten Hey on debian-ctte, we s

Re: Node.js and it's future in debian

2012-05-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 10:50:21PM +0200, Carsten Hey wrote: > * Steve Langasek [2012-05-04 09:49 -0700]: > > On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 08:38:43AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > Raphael's approach of creating a compatibility symlink in postinst > > > during upgrades but not for new installs sounds

Re: Node.js and it's future in debian

2012-05-05 Thread Carsten Hey
* Steve Langasek [2012-05-04 09:49 -0700]: > On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 08:38:43AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Raphael's approach of creating a compatibility symlink in postinst > > during upgrades but not for new installs sounds better to me the > > more I think about it, since that addresses the

Re: Node.js and it's future in debian

2012-05-04 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 08:38:43AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Raphael's approach of creating a compatibility symlink in postinst during > upgrades but not for new installs sounds better to me the more I think > about it, since that addresses the major concern of breaking someone's > system during

Re: Node.js and it's future in debian

2012-05-04 Thread Russ Allbery
The Fungi writes: > I think this is part of the misunderstanding. If these systems are nodes > on an AX.25 network, what's being renamed (and potentially broken) is > the userspace binary which connects the machine to the network. Think of > it as if you're suggesting a rename of /usr/sbin/sshd t