[Debichem-devel] [Debichem-commits] [debichem] r4720 - unstable/elkcode/debian

[Daniel Leidert]

Am Sonntag, den 22.09.2013, 12:45 +0200 schrieb Michael Banck:
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 12:17:07PM +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > Am Samstag, den 21.09.2013, 22:53 +0200 schrieb Michael Banck:

[..]
> > ATM IMO we can still do all these things easily, because popcon
> > currently doesn't list any installation.
>  
> Heh, sure :)
> 
> > > Is there some other disadvantages I am missing for a Conflicts?
> > 
> > Well, that is usually a violation of its dedicated use. 
> 
> AIUI, Conflicts is exactly for packages which have a name-collision in
> one of their files, where the alternatives system is not applicable
> (which is only supposed to be used for several variants of the same
> binary/interface, like vi and vim).

See policy section 10.1 [1]: The binaries must be renamed in such a
case. It is IMO always an unfortunate situation, especially since a
three characters binary name will likely collide with another projects
binary. IMO the best solution would be to reach a consensus on the name
with upstream.

[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-binaries

Regards, Daniel