[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#754462: Bug#862051: nodejs (6.11.2~dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium

[Sam Hartman]

>>>>> "Thorsten" == Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser at tarent.de> writes:

    Thorsten> Hi,
    >> * Restore /usr/bin/node following CTTE #862051 Let's try to drop
    >> /usr/bin/nodejs before buster.  Replaces and Conflicts
    >> nodejs-legacy.  Closes: #754462.

    Thorsten> please do NOT completely replace an ABI between releases.
    Thorsten> Leave /usr/bin/nodejs there for at least one more release.


I agree.
Even if you get everything in Debian fixed, you won't know about user
scripts that have been designed around what Debian does.
Giving people a release to deal with transitions is a great thing to do
when there's no good reason not to.
Maintaining a symlink for a release seems a low cost.

For that matter I really can't see a good reason to ever drop the
symlink.