On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 03:24:58PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 15:24:58 -0700 > From: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> > Subject: Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] Node.js and it's future in debian > To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > > Patrick Ouellette <poue...@debian.org> writes: > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 08:39:41PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > >> Node.js is becoming quite popular and is known generally to use "node" > >> in its hash-bang. > > > Seriously? People are writing scripts that start > > #!node > > The #! part is really not the issue, since the two packages don't conflict > there (the ham radio one is in /usr/sbin). >
Of course the #! line is not the issue. The issue is two upstream maintainers separated by years and miles selected the same generic name for their binary file. Compounding the issue, some Debian Maintainer seeking to better the project by packaging additional software for the project failed to perform "due diligence" in researching if any of the binary names from the proposed new package were already in use. Having packaged the software and uploaded it, someone noticed the issue and started us down the path we are on. > However, Googling for Node.js tutorials and documentation actually reveal > that people usually *don't* use #!, which would avoid the conflict, and > instead run "node <file>". Which means when both packages are installed, > which node they get depends on what their PATH looks like, which is the > sort of conflict that we try to avoid. > So Google says most people run the files interactively from the command line, almost never from scripts? Be careful using search engine results to support your position. You can usually skew the results depending on which search engine you use and how you word the search. Do you still do things (especially repetitive things) the way you learned in the tutorial/documentation? Do you automate processes with shell scripts, or type the command each time? Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120502031200.gb18...@flying-gecko.net
