Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Marco d'Itri] > > Reality? git is the kernel SCM and GNU Interactive Tools is an > > obscure package, and you should just install /usr/bin/git. > > If the GNU Interactive Tools maintainer refuses to rename the other > > program then just conflict with it. > > Ah, conflict resolution by the use of force. The method seem to gain > popularity in the world today, but I do not recommend it. > > It is is not obvious which tool is more obscure, as this will differ > from user group to user group. It is a better idea for the > maintainers to try to reach an agreement, and perhaps to discuss the > choice of name with upstream as well, to try to make the choosen name > used in other distros.
The "just conflict" idea is what I naively did first, and got flamed right here on debian-devel. [1] I've pushed the "rename it upstream" idea on the upstream maintainers twice now and it gets shut down by both Linus (the original author) and Junio (the current maintainer). [2] update-alternatives seems like it would work but it's apparently not supposed to used unless the programs that share a name also do the same thing. Qingning Huo suggested using diversions to make /usr/bin/git a little selector script that lets the admin & user choose between git-the-shell and git-the-scm. This sounds good to me, who objects? [1]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/06/msg00909.html [2]: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=112371729330066&w=2 -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
