I'm calling for votes on the below resolution on the Node/NodeJS question. === Resolution === The Technical Committee reaffirms the importance of preventing namespace collisions for programs in the distribution, while recognizing that compatibility with upstreams and with previous Debian releases is also important and that sometimes an imperfect balance must be struck between these three goals.
The Committee therefore resolves that: 1. The nodejs package shall be changed to provide /usr/bin/nodejs, not /usr/bin/node. The package shall declare a Breaks: relationship with any packages in Debian that reference /usr/bin/node. 2. The nodejs source package shall also provide a nodejs-legacy binary package at Priority: extra that contains /usr/bin/node as a symlink to /usr/bin/nodejs. No package in the archive may depend on or recommend the nodejs-legacy package, which is provided solely for upstream compatibility. This package shall also declare a Conflicts: relationship with the node package. 3. The node source package shall rename its binary to /usr/sbin/ax25-node, and its binary package to ax25-node. 4. The node source package shall continue to build a transitional 'node' binary package for compatibility with deployed Debian installations, which provides /usr/sbin/node as a symlink to /usr/sbin/ax25-node. This package shall declare a reciprocal Conflicts: relationship with the nodejs-legacy package. Other packages may reference the 'node' package as a dependency or recommendation, but are encouraged to transition to 'ax25-node'. 5. The maintainers of these packages are required to implement the above changes immediately in unstable. Failing that, the Technical Committee reserves the right to NMU to implement these changes. 6. Once the above changes are implemented, the packages shall be considered suitable for release with respect to the Debian policy on conflicting packages. === End Resolution === Ballot: 1. Approve transition plan for node and nodejs 2. Further discussion
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