Re: RFS: parallel

2011-04-13 Thread George Zarkadas
Then a bump to the next (20110322) version in conjunction with a config file preset to contain by default the --tollef switch would be the solution to this. The two utilities will be command-line compatible, dependent packages will not break and thus alternatives can be used, as they are appropri

Re: RFS: parallel

2011-04-13 Thread Joey Hess
George Zarkadas wrote: > -- In addition, the "alternatives" mechanism does not force any user to > make any changes to his/her scripts (as a choice to rename one of the > binaries would for the respective user group); they just set their > preference and use their scripts as before. There are alre

Re: RFS: parallel

2011-04-13 Thread George Zarkadas
Hi, After searching on this, I believe the best solution is to use alternatives. In detail: -- Debian Policy (Section 10.1) states that "...The case of two programs having the same functionality but different implementations is handled via "alternatives" or the "Conflicts" mechanism...". I belie

Re: RFS: parallel

2011-04-11 Thread George Zarkadas
Hi, The next parallel release from that in the package (20110322) includes the --tollef switch and a site-wide config file (/etc/parallel/config) to address this issue. Thus parallel can install by default with --tollef activated in the config file, replacing the /usr/bin/parallel executable with

Re: RFS: parallel

2011-04-11 Thread Joey Hess
George Zarkadas wrote: > It builds these binary packages: > parallel - Execute jobs in parallel locally or using remote computers I have not figured out what to do about moreutils containing a /usr/bin/parallel that is not entirely command-line compatable with this one. #597050 -- see shy jo

RFS: parallel

2011-04-11 Thread George Zarkadas
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "parallel". * Package name: parallel Version : 20110205-3 Upstream Author : Ole Tange * URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/ * License : GPL (ver.3 or later) Section : utils It builds th