Re: Claiming ‘/usr/bin/coverage’ for a Python-specific programmer tool

2013-10-16 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 10/16/2013 02:05 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Thomas Goirand writes: > >> On 10/15/2013 06:21 PM, Tristan Seligmann wrote: >>> What sort of upstream "source code" would be using the /usr/bin >>> wrapper at all? (I ask this question without prejudice; I can >>> obviously imagine some ways this might

Re: Claiming ‘/usr/bin/coverage’ for a Python-specific programmer tool

2013-10-15 Thread Ben Finney
Thomas Goirand writes: > On 10/16/2013 07:32 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > > Patching upstream's assumptions of command names is a feature of the > > landscape for Debian packagers. I don't consider that a reason to > > presume ‘/usr/bin/coverage’ on Debian should refer to a > > Python-specific tool. >

Re: Claiming ‘/usr/bin/coverage’ for a Python-specific programmer tool

2013-10-15 Thread Ben Finney
Thomas Goirand writes: > On 10/15/2013 06:21 PM, Tristan Seligmann wrote: > > What sort of upstream "source code" would be using the /usr/bin > > wrapper at all? (I ask this question without prejudice; I can > > obviously imagine some ways this might happen, but I'm more > > interested in the act

Re: Claiming ‘/usr/bin/coverage’ for a Python-specific programmer tool

2013-10-15 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 10/16/2013 07:32 AM, Ben Finney wrote: >> Nearly all OpenStack projects are using testrepository. All of them >> are using python-coverage. > > That sounds like an excellent central point to make the command name > parameterisable: fix it in one place to match the Debian > ‘python-coverage’ pac

Claiming ‘/usr/bin/coverage’ for a Python-specific programmer tool (was: Using update-alternatives for /usr/bin provided binaries)

2013-10-15 Thread Ben Finney
Thomas Goirand writes: > On 10/15/2013 07:04 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote:> Apparently two (mostly > orthogonal) problems have been squeezed into a > > single bug report: > > > > 1) Is the name /usr/bin/coverage appropriate? > > Please let's focus on providing /usr/bin/coverage. I'm not convinced Debian