tag 304705 - wontfix thanks On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 10:43:50PM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: >Debian is the only major distribution that does not ship util-linux's >rename command. > >In order to fix this bug (#228737), rename must first be dropped from >perl. The util-linux maintainer writes > > policy limits us to one 'rename' command, and the perl > one got there first. > >Amazing. I cannot imagine that compatibility with most other >GNU/Linux distributions should be less important than who's first?
Hardly amazing. Consider the impact on Debian users, who are used to the current semantics, if those were to change incompatibly after an upgrade. In addition to the inconvenience of command line usage breaking, this has the potential to break local administrator scripts, possibly silently. That being said, Policy does provide ways around such conflicts, the most appropriate in this case being alternatives. I've made a note re-visit this issue once sarge is released, and to add an alternative for /usr/bin/rename if the util-linux maintainer is interested in doing similar. --bod -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
