I plan on adopting docker and helping with a rename to wmdocker, but the release team wasn't keen with this.
I've looked into it, and I do care about it, but this will take time. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Olivier Berger < olivier.ber...@telecom-sudparis.eu> wrote: > Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org> writes: > > > > > A policy refresher for those who stumble on this bug and want to know > > more about why it's being closed. > > > > | 10.1 Binaries > > | > > | Two different packages must not install programs with different > > | functionality but with the same filenames. (The case of two programs > > | having the same functionality but different implementations is > handled > > | via "alternatives" or the "Conflicts" mechanism. See > Maintainer Scripts, > > | Section 3.9 and Conflicting binary packages - Conflicts, > Section 7.4 > > | respectively.) If this case happens, one of the programs must > be > > | renamed. The maintainers should report this to the debian-devel mailing > > | list and try to find a consensus about which program will have to be > > | renamed. If a consensus cannot be reached, both programs must be > renamed. > > > > (I avoided this, docker was there first. I'm planning on renaming it to > > wmdocker, but doing this switch sucks for everyone) > > > > Maybe we could try to ask for the renaming... lemme file a wishlist bug > on docker's side... > > > node vs nodejs broke (/sbin/node vs /usr/bin/node) and ctte mandated the > > change. I see no reason why we're any more special. > > > > AFAIR, the two node programs could be tools that one triggers on the > command line often, rendering the conflict more prominent than in this > case, where what matters most is the content of docker's menu file > command specification AFAIU... > > Lemme ask on docker's side and report... > > Best regards, > -- > Olivier BERGER > http://www-public.telecom-sudparis.eu/~berger_o/ - OpenPGP-Id: > 2048R/5819D7E8 > Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF > Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France) > -- :wq
